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Body found along US-Mexico border

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Posted at 4:53 PM, Mar 14, 2023
and last updated 2023-03-15 11:31:50-04

(KGTV) — Authorities are investigating after a body was found along the US-Mexico border Tuesday afternoon, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

The department said a good Samaritan spotted the body just before 12:30 pm near Friendship Park and Monument Road in a "washed out road." The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department also responded to the scene.

At this time, details surrounding the recovery are unclear. But authorities said the individual appears to be a man in his 70s.

Imperial Beach lifeguards, San Diego Fire-Rescue, and Border Patrol all assisted the sheriff’s department.
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