El Paso firefighters pull body out of canal near border
![El Paso firefighters work to recover a body out of a canal along Paisano.](https://kvia.b-cdn.net/2021/11/IMG_6813-860x485.jpg)
EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso firefighters on Wednesday afternoon recovered a body from a canal near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fire crews were summoned around 1 p.m. after U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted the body in the canal near Paisano and Schuster.
A fire department spokesman said after it was recovered, the body was turned over to the El Paso County Medical Examiner to determine the victim's identity and cause of death.