Texas governor warns migrants crossing Mexico border about alligators in Rio Grande
Mexico: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has issued a warning to migrants who are entering the country illegally about alligators in the Rio Grande River.
“Alligators in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass,” Abbott said on the defunct Twitter platform X.
Abbott’s remark was a reaction to an alligator video that a journalist had posted on social media.
“Gary” the Gator is hanging around at the Eagle Pass region of the Rio Grande, according to a post made on X by Newsnation reporter Ali Bradley.
Eagle Pass: Local resident, Luis De La Torre, came across an alligator while fishing this morning at the Rio Grande.
Previous sightings of alligators have been confirmed by Border Patrol. pic.twitter.com/Yrxj2HJEpF
— Auden B. Cabello (@CabelloAuden) April 29, 2024
“Texas Department of Public Safety troopers caught him on camera this time—they tell me they see him regularly out there where large groups still cross illegally.”
As November approaches and the presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris approaches, immigration is a key subject.
Republicans and the Biden-Harris administration have been engaged in a verbal sparring match on the strategies used to prevent migrants from entering the United States across the border, with Abbott adding fuel to the fire by erecting razor wire.
Abbott blasted Harris in July when she traveled to Texas without making a stop at the border between the United States and Mexico, claiming she “couldn’t trouble herself” to go.
Nonetheless, Harris is scheduled to make a speech and visit the southern border in Arizona today.
A similar alert about gators in the Rio Grande was sent to migrants by the governor of Texas in April.
“The Rio Grande is home to alligators. Just so you know, certain sections have put up warning signs. Earlier in the year, the Republican posted on X, “Cross at your own risk.”
Although American alligator assaults are very uncommon, in May, Texas officials found the remains of a lady gripped in an alligator’s jaws.
A deadly alligator attack in Texas in 2015 claimed the life of a 28-year-old man who was swimming in Adams Bayou.
Ten people were murdered by assailants in the Southeast between 1999 and 2019, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that Live Science quoted.
Thirty deaths and more than 450 gator bites on residents of the state have been reported to the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Swim only in approved places, and heed any cautions about local fauna.
Since alligators are most active at night, swimming during the day might lower your danger, according to experts.
