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Disturbing video shows a man drowning in the Rio Grande River as his friend is seen desperately clinging to a pillar.

Calixto Rojas, of Nicaragua, drowned Sunday in the Rio Grande after he attempted to illegally migrate from Mexico to Texas.

Released water. the man floats to the middle of a bridge, he takes out a cell phone used to protect against the water, at this moment i began to try to talk to that man. >> no, no. >> i am telling him help is on the way and pleading with him to hold tight. i kept telling him, please don't cross, i told him, because of the currents. he told me his name was elbe castro, his friend was nelson, 38 years old, he knew how to swim and they had left nicaragua. his friend's body, nelson, floated down river and the mexican authorities came over and bagged the body. the drowning took place in front of me...