A lifeless body was found trapped in the new area of wire buoys placed in the Rio Grande, near the city of Eagle Pass, in Texas, United States, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) of Mexico reported this Wednesday. .

In a statement, the Mexican Foreign Ministry has said that the information arrived at around 2:35 p.m. local time (9:35 p.m. in Spain) by the Texas Department of Security (DPS), which after the discovery notified the Mexican Consulate in this demarcation US.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) of the Mexican Government has reported that it is already carrying out actions to rescue the lifeless body through personnel from its Beta Group, in charge of migrant protection and attached to the National Institute of Migration. (INM) in the country.

Regarding the body that was floating in the Rio Grande, the border between the United States and Mexico, the Mexican Foreign Ministry has stressed that “the cause of death and the nationality of the person are still unknown.”

Likewise, the SRE has emphasized through the statement that the position of the Mexican Government is maintained with respect to the placement of wire buoys in this section of the border between both nations.

“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,” the statement read.

In addition, he has indicated that there is concern about the impact on the human rights and personal safety of migrants that these state policies will have in the United States.. and “that go in the opposite direction to the close collaboration between” Mexico and the US government.

For its part, the SRE, headed by Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena, has indicated that it will maintain timely monitoring of the case through the Mexican Consulate in Eagle Pass, as well as that it will maintain contact with the corresponding authorities in Mexico and the United States.

This in order to “obtain more information about what happened and request that the necessary investigations be carried out.”