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Smugglers drop girls, ages 3 and 5, from border fence in New Mexico desert

By
Jesse O’Neill
Published March 31, 2021, 6:52 p.m. ET

A border patrol agent shared a heart-stopping video of smugglers abandoning two little girls in the New Mexico desert in the middle of the night, after dropping them over a 14 foot-high fence.

The smugglers can be seen scaling the fence and dropping the 5-year-old and 3-year-old to the hard ground and throwing items that appear to be belongings after them.

The footage was tweeted by El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez, and occurred “miles from the nearest residence,” she said.

The little girls were rescued by agents who spotted them while conducting virtual surveillance, according to the agent.

“I’m appalled by the way these smugglers viciously dropped innocent children from a 14-foot border barrier last night. If not for the vigilance of our agents using mobile technology, these two tender-aged siblings would have been exposed to the harsh elements of desert environment for hours,” Chavez said.

A mother and her children migrants accompanied a human smuggler or "coyote" (R) cross the Rio Bravo river to El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 30, 2021.
A mother and her children migrants accompanied a human smuggler or “coyote” cross the Rio Bravo river to El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 30, 2021. REUTERS

“We are currently working with our law enforcement partners in Mexico and attempting to identify these ruthless human smugglers so as to hold them accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” she added.

Smugglers are paid about $6,000 for each person they transport to the Mexican border amid the current migrant surge.

A human smuggler, or coyote, shines his flashlight as he accompanies a migrant family trying to reach the U.S. after they crossed the Usumacinta river on a boat, at Corozal border crossing in Lacandon jungle, Mexico March 7, 2021.
A human smuggler, or coyote, shines his flashlight as he accompanies a migrant family trying to reach the U.S. after they crossed the Usumacinta river on a boat, at Corozal border crossing in Lacandon jungle, Mexico on March 7, 2021. REUTERS

The White House has warned migrants to stay away, but are not turning away unaccompanied children for humanitarian reasons.

Many are seeking asylum from violence in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

A human smuggler, or coyote, rides a motorcycle on the beach after Honduran migrant families trying to reach the US.
A human smuggler, or coyote, rides a motorcycle on the beach after Honduran migrant families trying to reach the US. REUTERS

Officials said the problem will only continue to swell as the number of minors trying to cross the border could soar to 26,000 a month in September, dwarfing the 16,000 that came this month, according to a new report.