Two Bodies Found Near Abbott's Buoys Wall...

 

By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

McALLEN, Texas | Well, it was a story on the hoof. Coming. Now, the Texas Department of Public Safety is reporting two drownings near a string of buoys set in the middle of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on orders of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

One was said to be a child from Honduras.

The bulbous, orange-colored buoys, characterized as impenetrable by the governor (shown in photo below) when he announced their deployment a month ago, claimed the lives within the last 24 hours, said a spokesperson for the state.

This from usatoday.com: [ Officials in Mexico are investigating after two bodies were found in the Rio Grande along the U.S-Mexican border - one of them spotted this week along a floating border barrier installed by Texas authorities.

Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety notified the Mexican consulate about a dead person caught in the southern part of the buoys in the Rio Grande spotted on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The incident marked the first time a body had been found along the floating barrier.

Members of the Mexican National Institute of Migration's assistance unit, Grupos Beta, led efforts to recover the body, the agency reported. As of Thursday that person's cause of death and nationality were not known.

Texas Department of Safety spokesperson Ericka Miller told USA TODAY Thursday DPS received a report of a possible drowning victim floating upstream from the marine barrier on Wednesday. ]

The Eagle Pass stretch of the Rio Grande is a popular "crossing point" for migrants headed north from Mexico. Agents of the U.S. Border Patrol, DPS troopers and members of the Texas National Guard have been keeping migrants at bay, although information released this past week indicated the number of migrants attempting to cross into Texas has dropped dramatically.

There was no comment from Gov. Abbott about the drownings...

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