2 children drown on Essequibo Coast

Two families are in mourning following the unexpected death of two children, 15-monthold Kenley Smith of Dredge Creek, Essequibo Coast, and 12-year-old of Masood Browne of Lot 91 Chiney Street, Anna Regina, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

dead on arrival and subsequently taken to the Suddie Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Meanwhile, 15-monthold Smith lost his life at about 16:00h on Monday after he slipped into a canal at Dredge Creek.

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The body of Browne, the 12-year-old pupil of Al Madina Islamic Academy, was on Sunday morning pulled from a canal, near the Anna Regina Masjid.

The boy reportedly left home on Sunday at about 8:00h to check his fishing line but never returned home. A search was conducted by Browne’s parents, who discovered his body in the canal.

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It was reported that at about 16:00 on Monday, the mother of the child, Kemeish Hendricks, had just breastfed the child on her step and left him naked with his three other siblings. The woman claimed that she went into her house to get clothing for the toddler, who was going to take a bath.

She told Police that shortly after, she was alerted by her older children that they were not seeing the child.

According to Police, the woman said that she then searched the yard but he was not found. Further checks were made in front of the canal in the vicinity of their landing and the lifeless body of the child was found in the water.

With the help of a taxi driver, the child was rushed to the Charity Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The body was examined and no marks of violence were seen. The body is presently at the said hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination. Several persons were questioned, and statements were taken.

Investigations are ongoing. (G9)

4 persons kidnapped in northern Mexico

Authorities in the United States and Mexico have said they are working to secure the release of four US citizens who were fired upon and kidnapped in a northern Mexican border city.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement that the four Americans crossed the border into Matamoros in Mexico’s north-eastern state of Tamaulipas on Friday in a white minivan with North Carolina licence plates.

“Shortly after crossing into Mexico, unidentified gunmen fired upon the passengers in the vehicle,” the statement said. “All four Americans were placed in a vehicle and taken from the scene by armed men.”

A Mexican official told the Reuters news agency that three men and one

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“An innocent Mexican citizen was tragically killed” in the incident, US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in a statement on Monday, adding that US law enforcement agencies were working with their Mexican counterparts “to secure the safe return of our compatriots”.

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Andres Manuel Lopez

Obrador said that the victims were believed to have entered the country to buy medicines and got caught up in a confrontation between criminal groups. He did not offer additional details. Matamoros, a city across from Brownsville, Texas, has been beset by violence linked to drug trafficking and other organised crime.

(Al Jazeera)