Honduran Father & Son Immigrants drown in Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, TX

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Copyright 2015

Mexican authorities have announced that a Honduran father, Mike Palada, age 35, and his son, Mike Josue Palada, age 6, drowned in the Rio Grande River near the City of Eagle Pass, Texas International Bridge No. 1 on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, while attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico.  A third Honduran adult male, Aldo Josue Pardomo Guillen, age 32, accompanying the two deceased survived the treacherous waters of the Rio Grande River and safely swan back to Mexico where he was rescued by fishermen on the banks of the Rio Grande.

According to Pardomo Guillen, he and the father and son team were swimming across the Rio Grande River from Mexico to the United States and were near the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande when they heard U.S. Border Patrol officers’ voices and panicked and decided to return back to Mexico to avoid detention and on the way back the young father and son were swept and submerged by the swift current of the Rio Grande, separating themselves from Pardomo Guillen.

Pardomo Guillen successfully swam back to Mexico where fishermen helped pull him out of the Rio Grande.  He lost sight of Mike Palada and his young boy, Mike Josue Palada, while swimming back to Mexico.

Mexican authorities located the body of Mike Palada several hours later on July 21st and a day later found the body of young Mike Josue Palada.

The tragic incident occurred directly underneath the City of Eagle Pass International Bridge No. 1 linking the sister cities of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.