Border Patrol agents are searching for a missing 2-year-old migrant girl in the Rio Grande River.

Agents detained a Haitian woman who said she had lost her daughter while crossing the river.

The news comes shortly after a photo sparked international outrage, showing a migrant father and his 23-month-old daughter drowned on the banks of the river.

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DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — US Border Patrol agents are searching for a missing 2-year-old girl in the Rio Grande near the Texas town of Del Rio. According to a news release Tuesday, agents from the Del Rio Border Patrol Station detained a woman from Haiti shortly after she crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico. The woman told agents she had lost her daughter while crossing the river.

Higher-than-average snowfall in the Rocky Mountains is sending more water into the Rio Grande and adjacent canals, creating deceptively swift waters. Border agents say they are rescuing immigrants from the river on an almost daily basis.

A migrant father and his 23-month-old daughter recently drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico to enter the United States without legal permission. The photos of their bodies have sparked international outrage.

Read more: A searing photo showing a drowned migrant father and his 23-month-old daughter highlights the perils of the migration crisis at the border

—CBP South Texas (@CBPSouthTexas) July 2, 2019

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