The victim was identified as 17-year-old Nery G.
A minor died today on the day of baptism in a church on the Paz River in San Francisco Menéndez, Ahuachapán County.
The tributary is the same that serves as a natural border with El Salvador and Guatemala and runs under the border bridge of the canton of La Hachadura.
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The victim was identified as 17-year-old Nery G.
Information from the local press indicates that the young man separated from the group of parishioners and sank in the river, then was swept away by a current.
The images showed the body of the young man, who was wearing brown pants and a white shirt with red stripes, by the river.