Two bodies have been found stuck in the lines of orange buoys installed by Texas authorities in the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexican officials said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety notified the Mexican Consulate in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon that a person was found dead in the southern part of the floating barriers. Members of the Mexican National Institute of Migration's assistance unit, Grupos Beta, are spearheading efforts to recover the body, according to the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"So far, the cause of death and nationality of the person is unknown," the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The Mexican National Institute of Migration told ABC News on Wednesday that a second body has been discovered in the buoys. The person's identity and cause of death was also unknown.The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeated its condemnation of the buoys, calling them 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 in the opposite direction to the close collaboration between our country and the federal government of the United States," the ministry added.
The Texas Department of Public Safety, at the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, began installing the floating barriers along portions of the Rio Grande river this summer in an effort to deter migrants from illegally crossing into the United States from Mexico.ABC News' Matt Rivers, Jim Scholz and Mireya Villarreal contributed to this report.
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