Eight people have died attempting to illegally enter the United States of America from Canadian territory via the St. Lawrence River, ruling out any other casualties in the process.
In addition, Lee-Ann O’Brien, Deputy Chief of the Akwesasni Mohawk Police Department, stated during a press conference that “the six people are believed to belong to two families, one of Romanian origin and the other of Indian origin.” indicating that they were trying to cross from Canada into the United States illegally.
He confirmed that one child under the age of three was among the victims, while the other five were adults, stressing that police would be awaiting autopsy and toxicology results to determine the cause of death.
It is noteworthy that in the Canadian province of “Manitoba” last year, the death of an Indian family of four was recorded, who froze to death due to extreme cold in a similar immigration process.
