Four people, including an infant, were found drowned in the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass over the holiday weekend, an official said.
An unidentified woman and the infant girl were found unresponsive and “floating along the river” Saturday, Lt. Christopher Olivarez, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said in a tweet.
The department’s tactical marine unit had initially responded to a request for assistance from the U.S. Border Patrol for a “possible infant drowning,” he said.
Four people were recovered from the water and brought onboard a rescue vessel, he said, adding that two of those people survived and were turned over to the Border Patrol.
The woman and child were found to be unresponsive, Olivarez said. Responders immediately performed chest compressions on them and took them to a medical center, but they could not be saved, he said.
On Sunday, the body of an unidentified man was recovered from the river, with the body of an unidentified woman found a day later.
“The identities of the deceased remain unknown since none possessed identifying documents,” Olivarez said.
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