A woman died after falling from a U.S.-Mexico border fence in San Diego, authorities said.
The woman was found dead on Friday around 2:30 p.m. local time near the Otay Mesa port of entry, San Diego police told local media.
She plummeted to her death while trying to scale a 30-foot fence.
A woman died Friday trying to scale the border fence between the United States and Mexico in San Diego.FOX News
The woman died after falling from a 30-foot fence.FOX News
Fatal falls along the border between San Diego and Tijuana have skyrocketed 162% in the past three years, in part due to the 30-foot border fence that was built during the Trump administration, the Mexican Consulate in Mexico said. San Diego.
“More and more people are facing life-altering traumatic injuries when they fall and hurt themselves, or death, like in the case of this woman,” Pedro Ríos, a volunteer immigration organizer, told KSWB-TV.
Fatal falls have increased over the past three years in part because of the 30-foot fence, the Mexican Consulate in San Diego said.FOX News
San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel told NBC 7 last year that a taller border fence is necessary because it not only deters migrants, but also helps U.S. border agents prepare. for what’s on the other side.
“It’s a tall fence, so you don’t want to cross it, but it’s also high enough that our officers can see through it and see what’s coming,” he told the outlet at the time.
Hundreds of migrants gathered in the San Diego border area this week to enter the United States, making it the largest group to reach the wall since the expiration of Title 42, NBC 7 reported.
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