Guatemalan consulate sees 456 lone kids in Arizona in July
July 14, 2021
Updated: July 14, 2021 4:22 p.m.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s consulate in Tucson, Arizona, said Wednesday it has identified 456 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors, most between the ages of 7 and 17, who had been found by U.S. Border Patrol officers so far in July.
U.S. officials often ask home-country consulates to identify minors.
The Guatemalan Foreign Relations Ministry said Wednesday that the children were found in several Arizona border communities, including Sasabe, Naco and Nogales.
Each of those communities has a Mexican town of the same name on the other side of the border. Monday and Tuesday were particularly busy, with 80 kids identified.
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