When the police asked her where she was going, she simply replied: “With my mom and dad” and when they asked her where they were, she simply answered: “United States”

A migrant girl from El Salvador, only two years old, was found alone on the border between the United States and Mexico, holding a piece of paper with a name and a phone number, according to the authorities of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) through social networks.

The discovery occurred on Sunday in Maverick County, Texas, where a group of more than 200 migrants, including 60 unaccompanied minors, were detained after crossing the border irregularly. Among them, the minor, dressed in a bright pink jacket, drew attention because of her young age and because she was traveling completely alone.

In a video released by DPS, the girl answered questions from an officer. When questioned about her fate, she said she was looking for her parents: “With my mom and dad,” she said. When asked about his location, he replied, “The United States.”

The minor showed a small piece of yellow paper on which a name and a telephone number were written. The authorities have not reported whether they have already managed to locate the girl’s parents or identify the person to whom the contact corresponds written on the paper.

Chris Olivarez, a lieutenant and spokesman for DPS, said on social media that the girl’s case was a clear example of the “precarious journey” that children make from their country of origin “and how criminal organizations traffic them across the southern border and into the interior.”

“Regardless of political opinions, it is unacceptable for a child to be exposed to dangerous criminal trafficking networks,” Olivarez said in his X (formerly Twitter) post.

The spokesman added that there is a “record number” of unaccompanied children and another “hundreds of thousands” who are missing, likewise, there is no one to guarantee their safety, except for “the men and women who are on the front line every day.” Similarly, he commented that “many children” suffer from exploitation and trafficking “and nothing is ever heard from them again.”

“DPS has rescued more than 900 children during Operation Lone Star from abandonment and human trafficking,” Olivarez said.

Attached to the information of the discovery of the two-year-old girl, the DPS spokesman shared a series of images and videos of unaccompanied minors, highlighting that of a Salvadoran infant who was heading to Washington state.

In the same clip, a group of unaccompanied minors of different ages can be seen, some from El Salvador, others from countries such as Guatemala and Honduras with destinations as varied as California, North Carolina, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

The youngest of all those interviewed in the videos shared by Olivarez was a 9-year-old boy who claimed to be from El Salvador and who was looking to go to California.

On the other hand, the department’s agent attached a clip in which an exclusive row of underage women was interviewed. It was found that some came from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala and other countries, highlighting the discovery of a four-year-old girl and a seven-year-old girl.