Akwesasne Indian Reserve Canadian Police said in a statement this Friday: The number of bodies found in the San Lorenzo River rises to eighttwo children involved and the hypothesis is They were trying to enter the United States illegally.. The eight people who died were from two different families, one of Romanian and the other of Indian descent, and both children held Canadian citizenship.
“Our hearts go out to the families of those who lost their lives,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the press.
Abram Benedict, Grand Chief of the Akwesasne Mohican Council, also said on his behalf: we are trying to understand how tragedy and see how we can work with our Police department to prevent this from happening again.”
The first body was found in a swampy area of Akwesasne Reserve around 5pm local time on Thursday, so local police, with the help of the Coast Guard and Hogansburg Volunteer Fire Service Akwesasne, conducted a search of the area.