Migrants in Texas: US probes horseback charge on Haiti migrants

Key Facts

• Images which appear to show border agents on horseback driving migrants back to a river have sparked an investigation in the US.
• The pictures widely shared on social media show riders allegedly using their reins against migrants and pushing them back towards the Rio Grande in Texas.
• Some 13,000 mainly Haitian migrants have gathered in a makeshift camp under a bridge connecting Del Rio to Mexico's Ciudad Acuña on the US-Mexico border.
• US Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz said the incident was being investigated to make sure there was not an "unacceptable" response by his officers, adding they operated in a difficult environment, trying to distinguish migrants from smugglers.

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