They find a second body in the area of ​​​​the controversial anti-immigrant buoys in Texas

A second body was found near the controversial anti-immigrant buoys that were deployed Texas in a small stretch of its southern border with Mexicowhere some people tried to cross the river this Thursday towards USA.

“A second body was found upstream” in the area of ​​the buoys between Eagle Pass in Texas and black stones in the north of Mexicothe Mexican Foreign Ministry reported last night that it had already warned on Wednesday of a first death.

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The second discovery represents “a separate fact” to the discovery of the first body, “with approximately five kilometers of separation between both”, added the statement from the Foreign Ministry.

The buoys were placed at the beginning of July by order of the Texas governor, the Republican greg abbottin it Bravo River (Rio Grande for USA), covering an extension of approximately 300 meters.

They were placed along with barbed wire barriers with the aim of blocking the passage of migrants from Mexican territory.

This Thursday, the Foreign Ministry added that one of the dead is a Honduran national after being identified by his mother.

He explained that the second deceased remains unknown since he did not have identification documents and has not been claimed.

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“The mother indicated that the body tattoos corresponded to her son, whom she mentioned was 20 years old.the agency said in a statement.

“I want to go see!” to my son, screamed between tears Yuri Bueso Benitezmother of the young man, who was outside a church in Piedras Negras.

With children on their shoulders, several families walked this Thursday about 20 meters from the buoys in the river waters, AFP found in a video.

According to media reports, some migrants have become trapped in the buoys and have had to be rescued.

The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorsaid that the measure is a “provocation” that violates the sovereignty of the country.

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In the United States, the Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit to stop the Texas government from putting up additional barriers and removing existing ones.

The Mexican Foreign Ministry repeated that the López Obrador government is concerned “about the impact on the human rights and personal security of migrants that these state policies will have”.

He added that he would continue to be in contact with US authorities to obtain more information and “request that the necessary investigations be carried out”.

Source: Elcomercio

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