Body recovered in Rio Grande near Shelby Park, DPS says
Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety recovered the body of an unidentified man in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass.
In a post to X, formerly known as Twitter, Lt. Chris Olivarez, a DPS spokesperson, said on Saturday that a Tactical Marine Unit recovered the body south of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.
On Jan. 11, the state usurped control of Shelby Park from city officials in Eagle Pass, prompting a rift between the Biden administration over Texas’ immigration practices.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited Eagle Pass several days after a delegation led by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was in the city.
The Maverick County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation of the incident, Olivarez said.
