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Death of Elena Catarina Morales-Chan

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Elena Catarina Morales-Chan
1 — drowning after pursuit crash into canalKilled
Date
2025-03-28
State
Texas
Location
Edcouch, Texas (Rio Grande Valley)
Agencies
CBP / Border Patrol
Operation
Death connected to an immigration-enforcement operation
Status
Federal smuggling prosecution ongoing (Vicente Garcia Jr., 18; Jose Alexis Baeze-Combaluzier, 26). Some fatality trackers flag it as "difficult to categorize."
Verification
source confidence: medium
Key sources

Elena Catarina Morales-Chan (29, Mexican) died on 2025-03-28 during or as a result of a CBP / Border Patrol operation, in Edcouch, Texas (Rio Grande Valley). The SUV she was in fled a Border Patrol human-smuggling pursuit during severe RGV flooding and plunged into a water-filled canal; she and a 14-year-old boy drowned while five others were rescued.

What is known

  • Person: Elena Catarina Morales-Chan, age 29; Mexican.
  • Date: 2025-03-28.
  • Location: Edcouch, Texas (Rio Grande Valley).
  • Agency: CBP / Border Patrol.
  • Reported cause: drowning after pursuit crash into canal.
  • Circumstance: The SUV she was in fled a Border Patrol human-smuggling pursuit during severe RGV flooding and plunged into a water-filled canal; she and a 14-year-old boy drowned while five others were rescued.
  • Official account: Border Patrol confirmed the drownings, framing it as a smuggling event during severe weather; two men charged federally with transporting people resulting in death.
  • Status: Federal smuggling prosecution ongoing (Vicente Garcia Jr., 18; Jose Alexis Baeze-Combaluzier, 26). Some fatality trackers flag it as "difficult to categorize.".

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