The youngest was thrown at a height of 18 feet. The Border Patrol reported that fortunately he was not injured and that he was accompanied by his father, who was originally from Ghana.
The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) security camera captured a people smuggler throwing a two-year-old boy off the border wall between Mexico and the United States in the San Diego, California sector.
The images have caused a stir because of the risk that the life of the minor would end when throwing a height of 5 meters. The Border Patrol’s chief agent, Aaron M. Heitke, posted the video to his Twitter account, noting that the minor was fortunately unharmed.
The event was recorded on Sunday evening. Heitke said the boy was thrown into the arms of his father who was on the California side with a group of people who wanted to enter the United States illegally.
“This event could have been disastrous. Fortunately, the child was not injured, ”said a police source.
According to the studies, both the father and the child are Ghanaian citizens without legal status in the United States.
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On March 31, the Customs and Border Protection Office released another video, captured by its security cameras, of two 3- and 5-year-old girls being mercilessly thrown by “coyotes” from the top of the barrier in the New Mexico sector.
In the video you can see a person sitting on the wall trying to lower the minors to the floor; however, due to the height, he releases them in the last section. Both girls, of Ecuadorian descent, fall hard to the ground, but it is noted that they manage to get up and ask for help from the adults who have abandoned them in the middle of the desert.
Border officers immediately responded to the scene. The minors were taken to a shelter awaiting reunification with their parents in New York, Ecuadorian diplomats reported.
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The case had international ramifications. The White House was “alarmed” by this case and asked the undocumented not to put themselves in the hands of the coyotes who “abuse” them.
“All of us who have seen the video are incredibly alarmed by the things human traffickers are doing,” said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
And he reiterated, “We want to send a clear message to the region that this is not the time to come, they must not send their children on this treacherous journey, with traffickers exploiting the vulnerabilities of these communities.”