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Dead person found in Texas’ anti-migrant buoys that Mexico and Justice Dept. want removed
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They are floating balls that are covered in loops of razorwire, which hangs down underneath the bouy. They're clearly designed to snare people who try to swim under them, which could result in drowning, bleeding to death, or even dying of hypothermia if trapped there for too long. The Rio Grande is not warm at night.
Holy fuck that is so much worse than I thought.