An alleged smuggler dropped a 4-year-old child from the top of the border wall that separates Mexico from the United States in the town of San Diego, California, US authorities reported.
The head of the Border Patrol in the area, Raul Ortiz, said that the incident occurred on Monday, when an alleged human smuggler dropped the child after crossing him over the top of the wall.
"The response agents and Emergency services that providedfirst aid They also reported gunshots near their position while they were treating the minor," he explained.
He added that the infant is fine, but warned parents not to trust smugglers.
A surveillance video that captures the event shows the moment in which two people who also crossed pick up the minor from the floor and carry him, apparently injured.
The newspaper He states that this is not an isolated event, but rather something that happens routinely.
Hewall between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California, it has a height of 9.1 meters (30 feet), which increased during the administration of Donald Trump (2017-2021).
The two adults traveling with the minor, whose nationality has not been revealed, are in Border Patrol custody, agency spokesman Michael Scappechio said Tuesday.
It has not been confirmed whether the adults were the parents of the child, nor whether they would be released in the United States to face proceedings in immigration courts or deported, he details.
The newspaper indicates that human deaths and serious injuries associated with immigrants' attempts to cross the San Diego wall have increased since its height was increased during the Trump administration.
"A study published last year in the journal JAMA Surgery found 16 deaths from 2019 to 2021, compared to zero from 2016 to 2018, and 375 serious injuries from 2019 to 2021, compared to 67 from 2016 to 2018," he cited. press media.
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