Two girls, 3 and 5, dropped over 14-foot border barrier at US-Mexico border
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Two Ecuadoran girls, aged three and five years old, were dropped over a 14-foot wall at US-Mexico border in the middle of the night. They were picked up by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.
Two small Ecuadoran girls, three and five years old, were hoisted over and dropped from the top of a 14-foot wall marking the US-Mexican border in the middle of the night before being picked up by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, the agency said Wednesday. "On Tuesday evening, a Santa Teresa agent utilizing camera technology observed a smuggler dropping two young children from the top of the approximately 14-foot-high (four-meter-high) border barrier," CBP said in a statement. The children were taken to a CBP station in Santa Teresa, New Mexico to be evaluated by medical personnel, and then were transported to a local hospital as a precaution. CBP said the girls remain in the agency's custody.More Related News