Border Crossing Raft: Risky Journey with Infant

0:00U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two men and a woman for crossing the Niagara River from Canada into the United States using a small rubber raft. The incident happened on March 15 near Niagara Falls, involving a Mexican national operating the raft, an Irish man, a UK woman, and there. Infant. Agents first spotted the group on infrared cameras and flading the raft along the Canadian shoreline at Boyer's Creek. They paddled across to Upper River, landing on the U.S. side where one man was found in the raft and the others were hiding nearby behind a tree. Officials stressed the extreme risks of such crossings, especially in freezing waters with a young child aboard. It not only endangers the people involved, but also the agents working to secure the border. The Mexican raft operator, Andres Carrillo Hernandez, faces charges of human smuggling, unlawful entry, and child endangerment. He admitted being paid about $2,000 to ferry the group and could get a minimum of three years in prison. The Irish man had been deported in June 2025 and faces additional felony assault charges

1:05in Rhode Island after his immigration case. The woman and infant were processed and sent back to Canada, while Carrillo Hernandez remains in custody awaiting a detention hearing. That's your Canada News Today update. AI powered and always on.