El Paso police investigate after body recovered from a Rio Grande levee Tuesday evening

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Police are investigating after a body was recovered at a Rio Grande levee in the Lower Valley on Tuesday evening.

According to the El Paso Police Department, detectives with the Crimes Against Persons unit are at the Rio Grande Levee 45 (near S. Zaragoza Road) looking into the discovery of a body.

EPPD said the body was reported at around 6:39 p.m.

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