[xp38]

They were probably mislead or ignorant of what conditions like that can do. Nevertheless they were also stupid to do this in the first place.

[Alberta's Child]

How ignorant could they be about the cold if they were walking SOUTH out of Canada?

Let’s just call this a collective Darwin Award and move on.

[Flick Lives]

Hiking into North Dakota in the middle of January. Who knew it’d be cold?

[NFHale]

Gee… Don’t try to sneak into OUR country in the first place and this won’t happen.

[throwthebumsout]

“The Border Patrol said officers are aware of three earlier smuggling incidents in the same area.”
...
“The van driven by Shand also contained a rental agreement for a “full size passenger van” from Jan. 10 to Jan. 13.”

C’mon guys. 2 + 2 = ?

[LouAvul]

Pedo/creepo joe is directly responsible for their deaths. His criminal invitation to foreigners to invade America is what killed them.

Jorge Busho is similarly guilty. As is O'Bummer.

[Jhadur]

I live an hour and a half south of the Canuck Crossing at Sault Ste. Marie, MI. The International Bridge soars high above the famed Soo Locks and is well cared for. A number of years ago, a buddy of mine and I went fishing near the big Edison power plant on the St. Mary’s River. Salmon and steelhead are found there year-round.

While there, one of the locals we chatted with regaled us of the town’s latest mystery. Four Mexican nationals had attempted to cross into America...on the St.Mary’s...in March...where the water flowing south from Lake Superior enters the river at a rather less than balmy 33F. Survival time is such water, unprepared, is approximately four minutes and the St. Mary’s is almost a mile wide. That’s not considering that the river is known for its treacherous currents. Our heroes copped a boat ride from a Canadian fisherman as far as Neebish Island in the middle of the river. Not well versed in geography, and therefor blissfully unaware that they had made it to American soil, 3 chose to swim for it. 1 was rounded up and deported after contacting CBP because his 3 friends went missing after attempting the swim...in March...with ice on the water.

If memory serves, they found them a few miles downriver snagged up in the limestone channels...in August.

I do notice that Gordon Lightfoot didn’t immortalize them in a song.

[VAFreedom]

see, if they were poor, they’d be safe and cross the border from mexico like everyone else.

[posterchild]

Why would the headline writer assume a need to debunk the idea that they were impoverished?

[joma89]

The world is replete with people striving to win the coveted Darwin award.