Special Envoy to Del Rio
The migrant crisis in Del Rio has been temporarily settled, but continues all along the Mexican border.
The border bridge in this small town in West Texas reopened to traffic on Saturday.
It had been closed for ten days, barred by police cars, while the Biden Administration tried to prevent this episode from turning into a major political crisis.
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Migrants started flocking to Del Rio in early September.
Most of them Haitians already settled in various Latin American countries, they took advantage of a relatively easy crossing point through the Rio Grande.
Between Del Rio and the Mexican city of Acuña, just upstream from the international bridge, a weir weir allows you to cross the river on foot to the American shore.
With mid-calf water, carrying children, bags and bottles of water, more and more migrants crossed, hundreds and later
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