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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Christinne Muschi and Steve Scherer

Eight dead crossing river in attempt to enter US from Canada -police

Police search the marshland where bodies were found in Akwesasne, Quebec, Canada March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi

Police in Canada recovered two more bodies, including that of a missing infant, near the U.S.-Canada border on Friday, bringing the total to eight victims from two families who died this week trying to enter the U.S. from Canada by boat across the St. Lawrence River.

"Two additional bodies have been recovered, one an infant, a Canadian citizen of Romanian descent, and one adult female believed to be an Indian national," Shawn Dulude, chief of the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, told reporters.

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