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Body discovered floating in west El Paso canal near border

EL PASO, Texas -- Authorities were working Sunday to recover a body spotted floating in west El Paso canal near the U.S.-Mexico border.

The discovery was made just after 11 a.m. in the area of W Paisano Drive and Ruhlen Court.

El Paso firefighters, police and U.S. Border Patrol agents were all on scene.

The body in the canal was suspected to be that of a migrant; no further details were immediately available.

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