EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Three bodies have been recovered from the water near where El Paso and Sunland Park, New Mexico meet on Tuesday evening, June 25, the El Paso Fire Department said via its X social media account.
El Paso Fire and Sunland Park Fire responded to McNutt and Anapra for a body recovery operation. Initially, three bodies were reported and then five by El Paso Fire. That total has been revised back down to three.
An “exhaustive search” was conducted for a possible fourth person, but no one else was found.
Earlier, Sunland Park Fire recovered three bodies in the desert in less than a 24-hour period dating back to Monday night.
El Paso Fire spokesman Enrique Duenas says they conducted a wide search for a possible fourth person. That search included a Border Patrol helicopter.
A total of 12 fire units and 30 firefighters responded to the scene.
Duenas said that the people who died were likely migrants because of the location of the incident but that has not been confirmed yet.
The scene will be turned over to law enforcement after the search is concluded.
