Headless body leads to arrest of Border Patrol agent
Tue, 2016-07-05 21:11
News Staff
by Jay Root and Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune is taking a yearlong look at the issues of border security and immigration. This part of the project focuses on U.S. law enforcement corruption, which has undermined efforts to secure the border.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — It looked like a crab trap floating in the calm waters of Laguna Madre, just off South Padre Island. At least, that's what the man who spotted it while boating with his two daughters would tell police. But when he poked the floating mass with a pole, he discovered otherwise. He dialed 911 and told the South Padre Island Police Department what he'd found: "a headless body floating in the bay."