Three Salvadoran girls are found alone on an islet between the US-Mexico border

Three Salvadoran girls were found alone in the undergrowth of an islet in the Rio Grande, which divides Mexico and the United Statesand placed under the protection of Mexican authorities for attention to minors pending their situation in the country to be defined.

The infants, all nine, six and 18-month-old sisters, were found on Isla del Mudo, a strip of land between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, by the so-called Grupo Beta, an aid body, said the National Institute of Migration (INM) in a statement on Wednesday.

“On board an airboat, INM personnel found three girls in the dry brush. The oldest protected the youngest in her arms, while a third carried a backpack on her back,” the text stated.

The authority did not explain if it was known how they had gotten there and if anything was known about their parents or any guardian.

On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry of El Salvador reported on its Twitter account that consular personnel had gone to the place where the three girls were sheltered.

In recent years, it has become common to see unaccompanied migrant minors making the rough journey to the US-Mexico border in an attempt to cross it and reunite with relatives or open the way for others.

The children, many from Central AmericaThey suffer all kinds of dangers and are victims, just like thousands of other migrants who cross Mexican territory from Latin American and Caribbean nations looking for a way to enter United States territory.

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