Three bodies have been pulled from the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border this week, including that of a 3-year-old boy, as state and border patrol officials erect dangerous obstacles to prevent migrant crossings that have reportedly neared record levels this month.
The youngest victim was pulled from the water near Eagle Pass on Wednesday by a Texas tactical marine unit.
Bodies have been found along the barrier since its installation in July.
Just before 9 a.m., a body was found submerged a few hundred yards north of the barrier’s buoys, DPS said.
The bodies of multiple men, women and children have been pulled from the river, including several that have been found caught by the buoys.
A string of buoys installed in the Rio Grande have sparked controversy and tension between the United States and Mexico.
A migrant who crossed into the U.S. from Mexico is pulled under concertina wire along the Rio Grande on Thursday in Eagle Pass. »
