The Texas Department of Public Safety said an undocumented immigrant was found dead Saturday after trying to cross the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass.
The department’s Tactical Marine Unit found an unidentified man in the shallows of the river south of Shelby Park at about 2:30 p.m., Texas DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez writes on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“Another tragedy than crossing the dangerous Rio Grande at Eagle Pass,” Olivarez wrote.
There have been about 2,300 deaths of illegal immigrants in the last three years from drowning, heat exhaustion, vehicle accidents or dangerous conditions linked to human trafficking and poor environmental conditions, according to Olivarez.
Texas uses every preventive measure to prevent illegal border crossings, Olivarez said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said an undocumented immigrant was found dead Saturday after trying to cross the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass. Texas DPS
He said this type of prevention “requires a federal response to use consequences & enact current laws to prevent anyone from crossing the river.”
This comes after three migrants – a woman and two children – drowned more than a week ago in the Rio Grande.
Federal officials and US.Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, initially claimed the state was responsible for the deaths of the three migrants following accusations that the Texas Department of the Army had denied the Border Patrol access to Shelby Park to help six migrants in distress.
In the last three years — there have been about 2,300 deaths of illegal immigrants from drowning, heat exhaustion, vehicle accidents or dangerous conditions linked to human trafficking and poor environmental conditions, according to Olivarez. AP
But an investigation by the Texas Department of the Army determined the allegations were “completely inaccurate” and that the drowning had occurred at the time the Border Patrol requested access to the area.
“At the time the Border Patrol requested access, the drowning had occurred, Mexican Authorities were recovering the body, and the Border Patrol communicated this fact to TMD personnel on site,” TMD said in a news release last week.
The Texas Military Department said its troops were in direct contact with the Border Patrol on Jan. 12 when it requested access to Shelby Park after learning of a distressed immigrant.
Texas Department of Public Safety officers work inside a fence at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. AP
Soldiers said they told the Border Patrol when it requested access that Mexican authorities had found the bodies of two migrants who had drowned.
The Border Patrol specifically requested access to the park to secure two additional migrants who were thought to have traveled with those who died, but had crossed over to the boat ramp, the press release said.
Two migrants were taken into custody by the Texas Department of the Army, with one handed over to the Department of Public Safety and the other transferred to EMS for early hypothermia.
Troops then continued to use lights, night vision goggles and thermals to ensure no more migrants were in the river or in distress, according to a press release.
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