15 Punjab boys missing after bid to enter US

At least 15 youths from Punjab have gone missing while trying to illegally enter the United States from its southern border with Mexico and Bahamas, a community activist said. Six of these youths went missing while crossing the Bahamas Island-US Border while the other nine went missing crossing the Mexico-US border, according to executive director of North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) Satnam Singh Chahal. The families of these missing boys told the NAPA that when the group, consisting of 56 persons mainly from Punjab, was only an hour's distance from the US border, the Mexican Army intercepted them. They detained six Punjabi youths, who were later released and reached the US, but 11 youths were taken away and they are still untraceable, Chahal said in a statement.