Border agents rescued two little girls dropped into the United States over the border fence in New Mexico on Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported.
The girls are three and five years old, CBP reported. The agency released the image and a statement after Breitbart published leaked video of the deed. The remorseless smugglers, of course, left the girls to fend for themselves.
Meanwhile, CBP continued to report that agents are apprehending large groups of illegals that include dozens of unaccompanied minors.
Desert Area
“Immediately after both children landed on the ground, two smugglers immediately fled the area and abandoned the helpless little girls on the north side of the international boundary line,” CBP reported.
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Fortunately, the CBP camera operator directed agents to the area, which is near Mount Cristo Rey in New Mexico at the state’s border with Texas. “The two toddlers are sisters and both were alert when agents made contact,” the agency reported.
The now-viral video shows the smuggler atop the old-technology, 14-foot fence, hoisting the first girl over, then dropping her from what appears to be about seven feet.
That child lay on the ground for about 14 seconds before struggling to her feet as a smuggler on the Mexico side handed up the sister. The smuggler atop the fence took her, then leaning over again, dropped her.
The second girl landed on her backside and sat for about 10 second before rising. The smuggler then tossed over a package. The video shows the two smugglers running away into Mexico.
“No one was waiting for these children on the U.S. side of the border,” a source told Breitbart. “The smugglers know Border Patrol monitors this area with cameras and assume they will respond.”
The area, the website reported, is a landfill.
Declaring herself “appalled,” Gloria Chavez, the El Paso Sector’s chief agent, said the sisters “would have been exposed to the harsh elements of desert environment for hours.”
The agency is working with law enforcement in Mexico to identify the pair of smugglers.
On March 16, a Texas Ranger and border agents rescued a six-month infant girl after smugglers tossed her into the Rio Grande.
Other Apprehensions
Dramatic as that latest over-the-fence drop is, it involved only two kids. On Monday, border agents near La Grulla caught 132 illegals, 24 of whom were unaccompanied minors, CBP reported.
On Sunday, agents at the McAllen apprehended 99 illegals near Penitas. In that group were 20 unaccompanied minors, six of whom were younger than 13. So far this year, CBP reported, agents in the Rio Grande Valley have encountered 30 groups of illegals with more than 100 in each group.
On Tuesday, border agents apprehended 60 illegals, CBP reported.
That morning, agents in Wharton County, east of Victoria, apprehended eight illegals packed into the cargo area of a tractor trailer that had jackknifed.
Then agents at the Kingsville Border Station inspected another tractor-trailer that was entering the country. A K-9 search revealed 52 illegals in the belly-dump section of the trailer.
China Virus
Bad as the sheer number of illegals apprehended is — almost 400,000 since October 1, and 29,010 of whom are unaccompanied minors, not including March — even worse is how many carry the possibly fatal coronavirus and the illegals whom border agents don’t catch.
As The New American reported last week, more than 130,000 illegals have slipped by border agents and disappeared into the heartland.
Since last year, about 3,000 kids have tested positive for the fearsome Asian germ.
The Biden Regime has been releasing those infected illegals and permitting them to travel anywhere they wish.
