Mexican officials found a second body about three miles upriver. The Associated Press reported the Coahuila state prosecutor’s office in Mexico told local media outlets that the two bodies were recovered and that the process of identification was underway.
Grupos Beta — a service from the National Migration Institute of Mexico — led the recovery efforts.
Gov. Greg Abbott first announced the floating border wall in June in an effort to deter migrants from crossing into the river.
The thousand-foot string of red buoys was installed in Eagle Pass last month as part of Operation Lone Star, Abbott’s controversial $4 billion border security initiative.
Eagle Pass has become a heavily crossed section of the Rio Grande in recent years.
The foreign affairs secretary condemned the buoys following the body’s discovery.
“We reiterate the position of the Mexican Government that the placement of the buoys from Texas authorities is a violation of our sovereignty,” the press release said in Spanish. “We express our concerns that these policies will have over the impact on human rights and the safety of migrants.”
Democratic lawmakers and humanitarian rights groups have previously called buoys and installation of razor wire “barbaric.”