{"id":75120,"date":"2022-01-21T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75120"},"modified":"2022-01-21T14:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:14:46","slug":"four-people-including-baby-freeze-to-death-near-us-canada-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75120","title":{"rendered":"Four people including baby freeze to death near US-Canada border"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> Canadian authorities found the bodies of four people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few meters from the US border along a route used by migrants, officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The temperature Wednesday when the bodies were found amid vast snowdrifts, taking into account the wind, was minus 35 degrees Celsius (minus 31 Fahrenheit).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“At this very early stage of the investigation, it appears that they all died due to exposure to the cold weather,” the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The bodies of two adults and a baby were found about 12 meters (yards) from the US border about 10 kilometers (six miles) from the town of Emerson in central Manitoba province.<\/p>\n

Later, the body of a person who appeared to be a teenage boy was found, police said.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, border agents on the US side detained a group of people who had just crossed over and had baby things with them but no baby. This triggered a search on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n

The first bodies were found after four hours of searching.<\/p>\n

The nationality of the deceased was not given.<\/p>\n

Manitoba Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy told a press conference she considered these people “victims.”<\/p>\n

“We're very concerned that this attempted crossing may have been facilitated in some way and that these individuals including an infant were left on their own in the middle of a blizzard when the weather had hovered around minus 35 degrees Celsius, factoring the wind,” she said.<\/p>\n

“These victims face not only the cold weather, but also endless fields, large snowdrifts, and complete darkness,” she added.<\/p>\n

Police used snowmobiles and other all-terrain vehicles to search the area.<\/p>\n

Emerson is along a route which migrants use to travel between the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

Crossing attempts have been down for a year because the border has been closed due to the pandemic, said MacLatchy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: Canadian authorities found the bodies of four people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few meters from the US border along a route used by migrants, officials said Thursday. The temperature Wednesday when the bodies were found amid vast snowdrifts, taking into account the wind, was minus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":75121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n