Jan. 23 (UPI) — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported Tuesday that a Mexican woman died after falling from a barrier along the border near Clint, Texas in November.
A Border Patrol agent saw the woman atop the barrier nearly 7 miles southwest of the Ysleta Port of Entry on Nov. 18. Two other women were seen north of the barrier exiting a drainage canal.
The agent requested emergency medical services after he saw the three women fall from the barrier.
The El Paso, Texas Fire Department arrived and took two of the women to hospitals for treatment. The third — identified later as a Mexican citizen — had suffered “significant head injuries and was unresponsive with no pulse.” A medical examiner declared her dead, but the Nov. 20 autopsy details from El Paso County’s medical examiner were still pending Tuesday.
Special agents in the Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility interviewed the two survivors, who said their group guide had warned them the Border Patrol was approaching.