Migrant arrives in Uruguay thinking he got to US

Published August 15, 2014 7:09pm ET



MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguayan officials say a Nigerian man seeking to migrate to the United States wound up in the South American nation instead.

Leonardo Arguello oversees the Social Development Ministry’s office in Cerro Largo department northeast of Montevideo.

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