The young man from Villavicencio would have managed to move his family to American territory, but ended up being dragged down the Rio Grande. His body was found in the last few hours.
Colombia News.
A new painful story features a Colombian family who intended to travel to the United States to have a better future. Jonathan B., 34 years old and a native of the city of Villavicencio, was accompanied by his wife and his 7-year-old daughter.
But his journey ended in tragedy.
Since when they were crossing the waters of the Rio Bravo, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila in Mexico, the man drowned.
Local media indicate that the Colombian had put his family to safety, “managed to cross them into American territory”, but unfortunately ended up dragged by the tributary.
His body was found on Tuesday
The whereabouts of the Colombian’s body was a mystery until the night of this Tuesday, April 19, when Mexican authorities received a report of tourists who were in the middle of a walk in that area.
“People who were on the Paseo del Río gave notice of a drowned man who was wearing blue jeans and a red shirt. They pointed out that he had been stuck on an island at the height of the black railway bridge », they reported.
History repeats itself again, in one day 3 male bodies were recovered in the #Bravo River on the border of #Blackstones with #EaglePass. pic.twitter.com/cnDqODLugz
– Mario Alvarado (@MarioAlvaradoPN) April 20, 2022
On the discovery of the body, the authorities reported that it had been the fourth found on Tuesday.
“They took the body out and went after another. With this there would be four people who are reported floating in the Rio Grande. An ‘Aero-boat’ is found looking for another person. They took this body out, but another one was left,” they reported. media local.
