An infant was among four people who died while crossing the Rio Grande in the Texas border city of Eagle Pass in a 48-hour period over the Fourth of July.
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) An infant was among four people who died while crossing the Rio Grande in the Texas border city of Eagle Pass in a 48-hour period ove
Mona Makela Photography/Getty Images(TEXAS) Four bodies, including that of an infant, have been recovered from the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, since Saturday, according to Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Olivarez tweeted Monday that the agency s Tactical Marine Unit (TMU) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission dispatched two airboats while assisting the U.S. Border Patrol during a possible infant drowning Saturday. The teams found "multiple bodies floating around the river," including a female adult and a female infant, Olivarez said.
Responders performed chest compressions, but the victims were pronounced deceased when they were transported to Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, Olivarez said. Two survivors were placed in Border Patrol custody, he added.
A male victim had been recovered on Sunday, and a female victim was recovered the next day, Olivarez said.
"The identities of the deceased re
An infant was among four people who died while crossing the Rio Grande in the Texas border city of Eagle Pass in a 48-hour period over the Fourth of July.
An infant was among four people who died while crossing the Rio Grande in the Texas border city of Eagle Pass in a 48-hour period over the Fourth of July.