Salvador Bueno, 52, was with family and friends when he went under the water and never came up. Deputies say they were called to the scene around 1pm. A Marine Unit found his body not long after.
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Dalgis Cruz says Bueno knew how to swim. Sheriff's deputies say Bueno was wading in chest deep water when a friend returned to shore with a 4-year-old child, she turned around and he had gone under.
Authorities do not believe alcohol was involved. Banana Bend is a "swim at your own risk" beach and the captain of the Marine Unit warns the San Jacinto River is always unpredictable but even more now after spring floods.
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"Anywhere along the river has changed, what used to be knee-deep might be over your head now, 15-foot-deep. What used to be 15-foot might be knee-deep," Captain Don Stanton said. "The whole river has changed, just use caution."