EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A migrant woman died last November after she and two others fell from the border wall while being tied up together and landing on top of each other, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday.
The incident happened on the afternoon of Nov. 18, 2023, in Clint, Texas, about 7 miles from the Ysleta Port of Entry.
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A border agent operating a Mobile Video Surveillance System alerted others after spotting an individual atop the wall and two others exiting the canal that runs parallel to the wall.
An agent from the Border Patrol’s Ysleta Station responded and said he observed the women fall from the wall and land on top of one another shortly after 3:30 p.m.
After requesting assistance from medics, the agent said he noticed that the women were tied together with a rope. The agent cut the rope and began treating the women.
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According to a news release, the two surviving women told special agents with CPB’s Office of Professional Responsibility that their “guide” warned them that the Border Patrol was approaching as they were scaling the wall.