A young Honduran woman seven months pregnant dies by drowning while trying to cross the Rio Grande

A 23-year-old Honduran woman seven months pregnant drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande to the United States

at the height of the Rosita Garden neighborhood.

His body was recovered by members of the Border Patrol and firefighters from the city of Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday afternoon, according to the local media Eagle Pass News Leader.

Tom Schmerber, Sheriff of Mavericks County, Texas, lamented that two lives were lost in the tragic incident.

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The Mexican consulate and the United States Border Patrol will contact their Honduran counterpart in Houston, Texas, to update them on the case.

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The area where the body of the young woman was found is considered a point of great influx of illegal immigrants and of great risk for many people who leave Central America with the intention of entering the United States.

On May 7, US immigration authorities reported the discovery of the body of a migrant child from Angola who drowned that week in the Rio Grande, while searching for his brother.

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The Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English) detailed they met with the parents of the minors who had illegally crossed the border through the Rio Grande or Rio Bravo as it is known in northern Mexico, about a mile west of the Del Rio International Bridge, Texas.

The couple told agents that their two sons, ages 7 and 9, were swept away by the strong currents of the river while trying to cross into the United States.

Last Sunday, the popular Nicaraguan broadcaster, Calixto Rojas, 53, drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande to reach the United States.

The agony while he tried to stay afloat was captured on video, showing the presence of authorities on the river bank without intervening.