вЂњIf he was with a group, the group is gone. вЂњThe issue weвЂ™re going to have here is finding witnesses,вЂќ Martinez said.

Martinez said that, in this case, he would not screen for that. The sheriffвЂ™s office hoped witnesses might come forward anonymously, though they anticipated that anyone traveling with the victim may fear an examination of their citizenship status. Investigators said a heavy rainstorm that blew through the scene before it was discovered washed away any signs of movement or debris that might have shed some light on what actually transpired. While department officials said they have a working theory of events, they donвЂ™t have enough evidence to come forward with anything publicly. Corinne Stern, the Webb County medical examiner who helps several counties in the region with migrant cases, was expected to complete an autopsy of the victim by early next week. They are jointly handling the incident as a homicide. The dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric of вЂinvasionвЂ™ used by right-wing politicians to describe asylum seekers must stop.вЂќ CastroвЂ™s office did not respond to TPR's requests for comment.Д«rooks County Sheriff Urbino вЂњBennyвЂќ Martinez asked the Texas Rangers to begin an investigation. He tweeted, вЂњThis appears to be a lynching of a Mexican man in South Texas. Congressman Joaquin Castro called for an investigation by the FBI. People on social media responded with shock and outrage. His clothing and IDs were scattered around the scene, and investigators found little else to go by. 30 law enforcement in Brooks County discovered the decomposed body of a migrant hanging from a tree.

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