An illegal immigrant drowned after entering the United States on Dec. 5.
Customs and Border Protection said that Border Patrol agents recovered the body in California.
Agents saw the third man struggling in the water but were not able to get assistance to him before he drowned.
An operation was launched to attempt to retrieve the body around 9 p.m. but heavy rain and low visibility soon forced agents to call it off.
Divers went into the All-American Canal near Calexico to retrieve the man the next morning. After around one hour of searching, they found the body about 150 yards from where he entered the water.
The man has not been identified as of yet.
The two men who were with him were nationals of El Salvador.
It’s not clear if any were part of a migrant caravan. The caravans departed from Honduras and El Salvador earlier this year and recently made it to Tijuana, a city in Mexico near the border with the United States.
Migrants said many caravan members have recently crossed the border.
Arrests in Texas
The Border Patrol said it has been arresting a number of migrants who have recently crossed the border.After a 3 hour search, agents found the group and confirmed they were all illegal aliens, from the countries of Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico.
One 18th Street gang member was nabbed near Fronton and two others were arrested near Artecitas. One man arrested earlier in the day near Artecitas was previously convicted for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14.
Agents found an MS-13 gang member working in Los Ebanos while agents found another 18th Street gang member near Hidalgo who also had an active warrant from California for domestic violence.
The arrests on Tuesday also included a Honduran national apprehended near Roma, whose record checks revealed he had been convicted in North Carolina for indecent liberties with a child.