Smugglers Throw Paraplegic In River For Border Patrol To Deal With

There are no words.


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On May 30, agents from the Del Rio Sector BORSTAR team observed a group of 12 undocumented immigrants cross the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass. Agents saw one individual, a double amputee with one arm and one leg, being carried by smugglers to the bank of the river and thrown into the water. The BORSTAR team swiftly responded and swam out to save the drowning victim. Agents observed another individual, a paraplegic man, being carried to and thrown into the river in the same vicinity as the first individual. The paraplegic man immediately began to drown. Agents were able to effectively reach the paraplegic man and safely bring him to the U.S. river bank.

The two individuals, both Honduran nationals, were offered medical care