MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three children have drowned off Mexico's southern Pacific coast after an immigrant trafficker's boat capsized amid heavy rains.
The state government of the southern state of Chiapas says the three children were Salvadoran citizens. They were apparently trying to bypass Mexico's stepped-up immigration enforcement along traditional routes by taking a boat.
The three children's father was with them, and managed to survive the accident.
The government said Friday the accident occurred on a stretch of coast near the Guatemala border.
Many Central American migrants cross Mexico in a bid to reach the United States.