Tragic Discovery: Bodies Found Trapped in Texas-Mexico Border Buoys

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Mexican authorities have tentatively identified one of the two bodies recovered from the Rio Grande as a 20-year-old Honduran man, according to his mother. However, the body was found about 3 miles upriver from the buoys that Texas Governor Greg Abbott had installed in the river. The identity of the second body found near the buoys remains unknown. Mexico has raised concerns about the risks posed by the buoys, which were installed to deter migrants from crossing the border. The U.S. Justice Department is suing Abbott over the barrier, citing humanitarian and environmental concerns.
- A body was found near a Rio Grande buoy that Texas installed The Associated Press
- Security officials find body trapped in buoys placed in river across from Eagle Pass, Texas WHAS11
- Body found stuck in floating US-Mexico border barrier installed by Texas, Mexico says Fox News
- Migrant child is one of two people dead on or near Texas’ border buoys The Dallas Morning News
- 2 Bodies found stuck on floating barriers on Rio Grande CBS Evening News
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