A Mexican died on the border with the United States after trying to get through a sewer

At the California-Mexico border, North American police warned of illegal passage for migrants via public drainage networks, WHO They have already been made available to the relevant authorities to assess their case.

The Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego reports that on Friday afternoon, January 29, there was an incident with a group of migrants trying to cross the border through sewers at the border gate in the San Ysidro area, California, United States.

The Consul General of Mexico in San Diego, Carlos González Gutiérrez, released a statement via his official Twitter account, true revealed the death of a fellow countryman and the arrest of another 17 people.

The information card showed that during a routine check in a context of heavy periodic rain showers, border guards discovered the presence of a person in the drain, so that they opened the gates that give access to the area. After this, several people were dragged into the sewer by the force of the current ”.

After the discovery, border agents consolidated the arrest of at least 17 people of Mexican nationality, said the consul. One of them unfortunately died in the drainage system.

In addition to the above, one person received cardiopulmonary resuscitation services by border guards, to be later transferred to the nearest hospital in the area. Others were indicated in the circular, Minor injuries sustained and received outpatient care in hospitals in San Diego.

Except the person who sadly lost his life, the rest of those affected are currently out of danger, González Gutiérrez revealed. Most, he indicated, have already been interviewed by consular staff.

Until now, the detained Mexicans are being treated by the immigration authorities and They are waiting for the majority of those affected to be returned to their country of origin in the coming hours..

“Consular staff is already in the process of informing families and providing the appropriate assistance. The Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego will remain vigilant and will immediately report any relevant development of the situation, ”the official statement concluded.

In recent times it is White House He reported that US President Joe Biden and its Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador, both leaders agreed to stop irregular migration.

They revealed that by means of a statement Biden made his plan clear in the context of the Latin American migration to the United States. The causes it pursues, he reported, isincrease resettlement capacity and alternative legal immigration pathways, improving border processing to assess asylum applications, and reversing the “draconian immigration policy of the previous government”.

For its part, the Mexican government announced in a statement that the Mexican president “repeated his government’s thesis, according to which, background solution for the phenomenon of migration it is through the promotion of development in the communities of origin ”.

Further, Andrés Manuel López Obrador shared a short message on Twitter, about which was his first direct communication with the new President of the United States:

“We spoke to President Biden, who was kind and respectful. We cover issues related to migration, # COVID19 and collaboration for development and wellbeing. Everything indicates that relationships will be good for the good of our peoples and nations “He wrote on the social network.

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