evidence: FACT CHECK: Will Hurd Claims 141 People Drowned In The Rio Grande In 2022 [...] Hurd claimed during an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper that 141 migrants died by drowning in the Rio Grande. Hurd said," Last year, there was a drowning case, two drowning cases a couple of weeks ago. But, last year, 141 people drowned in the Rio Grande — in the Rio Grande River. And nobody was talking about that." [...] A representative from the Missing Migrants Project told Check Your Fact that 140 migrants died by drowning in the Rio Grande in 2022. The representative said, "I confirm that the figure that media got for migrant deaths in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo in 2022 is correct."