Guatemalan authorities have identified the minor and his parent. This will happen.
OTHER NEWS: “Coyote” abandons a Guatemalan baby on the banks of the Colorado River
Recently, a United States patrol chief released a video where it is evident when a “coyote” abandons a small Guatemalan national, leaving him to his fate on the banks of the river Colorado in Yuma, Arizona, United States.
Raul OrtizChief of the Border Patrol of the States of the United States shared the video in which the moment is observed when a Guatemalan baby was abandoned, an event that occurred last March 20.
“After verifying that the unaccompanied minor was in good health and confirm that it originates from escuintlait was identified that the child arrived in the US to reunite with his father, who resides in California“, details the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minex).
The minor was rescued by US border patrollers. (Photo: Chief Raul Ortiz)
Likewise, the Minex details that the Guatemalan consular mission in Tucson, Arizona, contacted the parent, with whom they will reunify in the coming days. While this process is taking place, the minor is under foster family careduring which time you will be monitored.
Subsequently, the Guatemalan Consulate in San Bernardino, California will continue to provide consular assistance and protection.
According to figures from the Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM), more than a thousand minors have been returned to Guatemala so far in 2023. Stuard Rodríguez, director of the IGM, called on do not let minors travel alone and worse in irregular conditions. “It is not worth sending minors under these conditions,” said the official.
#IrregularMigration | The authorities of @MigrationGuate They call on Guatemalans not to expose their children to an irregular trip.
➡️ https://t.co/ISLPESgqxI pic.twitter.com/OW5KzQqDp4
– Guatemala Migration (@MigrationGuate) March 25, 2023
A one-year-old Guatemalan child was abandoned along the Colorado River Monday afternoon by a smuggler who took him across the border and then left him to fend for himself along the water’s edge. Thanks to our agent’s quick response, tragedy was averted! pic.twitter.com/mY2K7t59VE
— Chief Raul Ortiz (@USBPChief) March 23, 2023