Brazen human smugglers were filmed using power tools to cut through a section of the 30-foot-tall steel border wall in Arizona, then taunting a camera crew on the other side as they flagged down a one-legged man and his family for them to pass.
An unidentified coyote (the Mexican term for a border smuggler) knelt while using a power tool to break part of the gate so an elderly man with a walker and seven members of his family could simply walk through, without Border Patrol agents. of the United States. knowledge.
The coyote who led them to the United States could later be seen in the gap he created and taunted NewsNation border correspondent Ali Bradley.
“He flexes and waves and gives us the thumbs up when they’re done,” she told host Markie Martin on “Morning in America.”
About two hours later, Bradley said, the smuggler and his team returned to cut more slats from the border wall in the remote area near Lukesville, which has been besieged by thousands of people illegally crossing the border since the summer.
“They were very brazen about it. “They brought out a chainsaw, they brought drills, they even brought out a generator, like a secondary crew went out and took out this other piece of equipment,” Bradley reported.
NewsNation cameras captured the moment a group of smugglers used power tools to break through the border wall in Arizona. NewsNation / Ali Bradley A smuggler was able to open a section of the border wall to make way for a one-legged Peruvian man and his family. NewsNation/Ali Bradley
“The plan was to cut the base of that bollard and hook it to the back of the vehicle and rip it off the wall.”
Once again, Bradley said the smugglers began taunting her, blowing kisses from the other side.
“They’re laughing and just kept going, cutting that [border] bollard,” he said.
The journalist said she eventually called the Border Patrol to the area (the same place used by thousands of migrants to pass through when the gates were left open during the summer) and the crew dispersed.
But they continued talking to Border Patrol agents through the wall, calling them “my friend” and asking, “What’s wrong? [What’s up?]”
“And this is one of the things, guys, why Border Patrol says it’s so important for them to be able to be out there doing that type of work,” Bradley said, referring to the need to keep border agents in the field and stop operations like those of the men who cross the barrier, instead of working behind the scenes processing immigrants or doing paperwork.
“You know, here in Lukeville, the industry is absolutely exploding,” Bradley said, as NewsNation’s camera captured what she said were between 600 and 700 single adults sitting by the border wall overnight.
NewsNation reporter Ali Bradley told how she saw smugglers use power tools such as a power saw and drills in an effort to create a space in the wall. NewsNation/Ali Bradley Those who came with families, like the Peruvian family caught on camera sliding through the wall, skip the line and are sent to facilities to be processed for asylum claims immediately. AP
Migrants who cross the border turn themselves in to be legally processed and apply for asylum, which continues to overwhelm Border Patrol agents, who have to document each individual.
Those who come with families, like the Peruvians caught on camera slipping through the wall, can skip the line and are sent to facilities to be processed for asylum applications immediately, he said.
“And it really is a lucrative game for these cartel guys because they are winning [money] hand in hand, a lot of money doing this, pushing those people over the wall,” Bradley said.
Over the summer, the gates of the border wall in Lukeville, Arizona, were left open. Daniel William McKnight In a single 24-hour period in September, more than 7,000 migrants surrendered to U.S. Border Patrol agents in Lukeville. James Breeden/Shutterstock for the New York Post
In a single 24-hour period in September, more than 7,000 migrants surrendered to Border Patrol agents in Lukeville.
Then on Monday, the international border crossing was closed because Border Patrol agents were so overwhelmed by the huge number of migrants arriving into the country.
The closure was done “to redirect personnel to assist U.S. Border Patrol in apprehending migrants,” Customs and Border Protection said.
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