Border Patrol discovers body found in Rio Grande

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico -- A body was recovered Friday in the Rio Grande at Sunland Park.

Border Patrol found the body on a sandbar near McNutt Bridge in Sunland Park and alerted the Sunland Park Police and Fire Departments, who responded for recovery.

Water levels were very low at the time of the recovery, and there is no word yet on how this incident occurred.

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