The naked body of an immigrant, which was found hanging from a tree in Texas , is investigated as a homicide.
The victim was found last Thursday by Border Patrol agents of the Falfurrias Station of the Rio Grande Valley Sector .
This is in Brooks County, 80 miles from the border. County Sheriff Urbino Martinez confirmed Tuesday that his office is awaiting autopsy results from the Webb County Medical Examiner in Laredo, Texas.
“ It’s a very unusual circumstance surrounding that. I had never seen one like this “, said the official to the Daily Mail.
Although an investigation is open as a possible homicide, it is not ruled out that the man has committed suicide, but The results of the autopsy will determine the route.
New reports confirm that the agents located one of the victim’s feet, which had been removed by wild animals that roamed the land. The other foot has not been found.
Although there are identification documents found at the scene, it is not determined whether they correspond to the victim whose identity remains unknown.
The authorities trust that they will soon find someone who knows the victim, to investigate the route he followed and the events that led to his death.
Although It is common for Border Patrol agents to find bodies of undocumented immigrants in the desert or remote mountainous areas, the case of the hanged man is “unusual.”
Martínez revealed that for each body found, there are at least five that are not found. Since 2009, at least 800 dead people have been found in that area.