Horrifying final moments of Guatemalan migrant, 24, who fell to her death from 30ft border wall: Begged for help before plunging and hitting her head hard off concrete
- According to CBP, the 24-year-old – who has not been named – screamed for help for twenty minutes.
- The incident occurred near the wall, about three miles west of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, one of three ports in the San Diego-Tijuana area.
- Fire crews arrived too late as she fell to her death
A Guatemalan migrant woman was found dead after falling from a 30-foot border wall near San Diego. – after screaming for help for 20 minutes.
According to Customs and Border Protection, the 24-year-old – who has not been named – screamed for help as she held on before she fell and hit her head on the concrete on March 21.
The incident occurred near the wall, about three miles west of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, one of three ports in the San Diego-Tijuana area, according to a Border Patrol investigation. Migrant deaths have become an epidemic in the region since Joe Biden came to power.
On March 21 around 10:27 p.m., officers received a call that a group was moving toward the wall, which is actually a combination of two walls built with metal poles and a power line on top.
Border Patrol agents spotted the group between the two walls and spotted the Guatemalan woman on top of the secondary wall, warning her not to climb down as they called for help from the San Diego Fire Department.
A Guatemalan migrant woman was found dead after falling from a 30-foot border wall near San Diego
However, authorities claim that she kept trying to climb the wall but was unable to get down from the fence.
The migrant woman began calling for help as a border agent reassured her that it was coming.
A ladder was offered by an unidentified person around 10:35 p.m. However, the officer told them that they could not use them until the fire brigade arrived.
The officer was also arresting a second migrant walking along the south side fence.
Another officer followed shortly after with a fire crew on the other side of the woman calling for help.
The second officer and the firefighter turned and drove to a gate closer to the side of the wall where the woman was hanging, but the truck couldn’t reach it.
At 10:48 p.m., more than 20 minutes after she first called for help, the migrant woman said she could hold on no longer, as the officer desperately tried to assure her help was on its way.
At that point, the second officer reached the side of the wall where the woman was hanging. Although both officers told her that a fire truck was coming, she repeated that she could not hold on any longer.
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At 10:48 p.m., more than 20 minutes after first calling for help, the migrant woman said she could hold on no longer as the officer desperately tried to reassure her help was on its way.
![Horrifying final moments of Guatemalan migrant, 24, who fell to her death from 30ft border wall: Begged for help before plunging and hitting her head hard off concrete 4 This particular wall has recently been increased in height, causing a further wave of injuries among migrants](https://nybreaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1712106102_895_Horrifying-final-moments-of-Guatemalan-migrant-24-who-fell-to.jpg)
This particular wall has recently been increased in height, causing a further wave of injuries among migrants
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The incident remains under investigation by the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, as well as federal officials.
But at 10:54 p.m., the woman fell to her death, suffering serious head injuries from hitting the concrete base of the border wall.
She was pronounced dead just after 11:04 p.m., when firefighters finally arrived.
The incident remains under investigation by the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, as well as federal officials.
Officers were wearing body cameras at the time and footage of the incident will be released by CBP once it does not impact the investigation.
This particular wall has recently been increased in height, causing a further wave of injuries among migrants ABC 10.
At least 19 people were injured in that part of the border wall in March alone.
The number of migrants falling from the border wall and being hospitalized with serious injuries has increased by 1,000 percent since Joe Biden took office, according to figures from Dailymail.com.
Hundreds of wall climbers – half of them women – have been hospitalized in San Diego, a few miles from the border, with injuries including shattered legs and ankles and traumatic brain injuries.