Although the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico ?SRE? reported this Wednesday that authorities from the Texas Department of Security ?DPS? They notified the Consulate of Mexico in Eagle Pass that around 2:35 p.m. they found the body of a lifeless person stuck in the southern part of the buoys that were placed in the river, today there are already two lifeless bodies found in the river Bravo.
The Mexican government specified that Grupo Beta personnel led the rescue actions of the bodies that, so far, the cause of death and the nationality of both are unknown, even if they have some connection.
Initially, there was notification that only one body was found, however, the National Institute of Migration informed local and international media that two bodies were found.
Mexico reiterated its position against the measure to place giant buoys as a barrier in the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass, promoted by the governor of Texas, greg abbott.
“We reiterate the position of the Government of Mexico that the placement of wire buoys by the Texas authorities is a violation of our sovereignty. We express our concern about the impact on the human rights and personal safety of migrants that these state policies will have, which go against the close collaboration between our country and the federal government of the United States," SER said in a statement. aired this wednesday.
The Foreign Ministry specified that it will continue to follow up on the case promptly through the Mexican Consulate in Eagle Pass, maintaining contact with the corresponding authorities in Mexico and the United States to obtain more information on what happened and request that the necessary investigations be carried out.
Notably, last week the US Department of Justice asked a judge to force Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott to remove the floating barrier at Eagle Pass, however it is still in place and there is no date for removal.
For his part, Abbott blamed the measure, like other radical measures he has taken to prevent the crossing of immigrants, on President Joseph Biden, saying, "Texas is doing its job."
The deployment of the first 1,000 feet of floating sea barriers in Texas in July to make it more difficult for migrants to swim under or climb up has already claimed the lives of two people. However, before these tragedies occurred, both Mexican and US authorities, as well as civil and human rights organizations, have expressed concern about the extreme measures taken by Abbott.
Just this Tuesday, the City Council of Eagle Pass, the city where the floating barrier is located, voted unanimously to keep a public park on the banks of the Rio Grande open to the public, thus avoiding an order from the mayor that made the property private for the state border security forces.
Notably, Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas Jr. last week signed a criminal trespass affidavit without consulting the city council that gave the Texas Department of Public Safety permission to enter Shelby Park and issue arrests. for criminal trespassing, an act that raised alarm among the residents.
Although the council voted against making the park private, it decided that further negotiations with the Texas Department of Public Safety and Abbott's Operation Lone Star over Shelby Park could take place.
Operation Lone Star was launched in March 2020 by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to respond to the rise in illegal immigration.
In May, Abbott issued a disaster declaration that now covers 48 counties, mostly along or near the border, which has directed the Department of Public Safety to "use available resources to enforce all federal laws and applicable state laws to prevent criminal activity along the border, including trespassing, smuggling, and human trafficking, and to assist Texas counties in their efforts to address such criminal activity."
By April 2021, Abbott opened the facilities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ?TDCJ, for its acronym in English? to detain people arrested under Operation Lone Star.
Reports also surfaced last month that Texas soldiers and National Guardsmen have been ordered to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande and deny asylum seekers water, even in hot weather. extreme.
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