The travelers had paid “hundreds of dollars apiece” for the trip from Cape Verde. In June 2019, US Customs and Border Protection in Del Rio, Texas, USA, arrested more than 500 Africans from Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola, for trying to cross into the USA via the Rio Grande River.
Àwọn arìnrìnàjòó san "ẹgbẹlẹmùkù owó lọ́wọ́ ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan" fún ìrìnàjò láti Cape Verde. Ní oṣù Òkúdù ọdún-un 2019, US Customs Àjọ Aṣọ́bodè àti Ààbò Ibodè US ní Del Rio, Texas, USA, fi ọwọ́ọ ṣìkún òfin mú àwọn ọmọ-adúláwọ̀ 500 tí ó wà láti Ilẹ̀-olómìnira Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, àti Angola, tí wọn ń fẹ́ gba omi Odò Rio Grande wọ USA.