Border Patrol agents detected a crocodile in the murky waters of the Rio Bravo, a finding that confirms previous reports about the presence of large reptiles in this river, which is part of the border between Mexico and the United States.
Workers from the river unit at the Fort Brown station, in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) region, published a video this Friday of this sighting recorded two weeks ago.
For several years, the Border Patrol has warned about the presence of alligators in the tributary, and in 2022, migrants attempting to cross the river reported close encounters with crocodiles.
"First, we saw two crocodiles coming down the river towards a group of migrants crossing, and then we saw a third one come out of the water with its mouth open. We all saw it," reported a Honduran migrant to ImpactoVisión Noticias that year.
The testimonies of migrants about these encounters have often been met with skepticism. Many people doubt the presence of these animals in the river and suggest that it could be a strategy by U.S. authorities themselves to discourage illegal migration.
Other theories suggest that farmers and ranchers in Texas, who claim to lose millions of dollars in crop damage due to the passage of migrants, have been the ones to move crocodiles to the Rio Bravo to curb the immigration crisis.
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