Mexican authorities reported that the body found on the Eagle Pass floating barrier this Wednesday in the Rio Grande, is of Honduran nationality, after the mother of the deceased person recognized him. In the case of the second person found, it still remains unknown.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Institute of Migration ?INM? from Mexico, they specified in a statement that, from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, where she was staying in a shelter, the mother indicated that the body tattoos corresponded to her son, whom she mentioned was 20 years old.
However, they specified, due to the state of decomposition of the body that appeared floating in the waters of the Rio Grande, the authorities of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Coahuila de Zaragoza cannot confirm its identity until an expert opinion of fingerprints is carried out, to compare them with those provided by the Honduran Consulate.
In the case of the second deceased person, and whose body was located in the buoys, the authorities reported that it remains unknown, since it did not have any identification document and has not been claimed.
In a previous statement, the Mexican government reiterated its position against the measure to place giant buoys as a berm 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 United States federal government.”
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.
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