3 Illegal Alien Women Tied Together Fell From Border Wall

CLINT, Texas — On November 18, 2023, at around 3:31 p.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent stationed at the Clint Station in Clint, Texas, operating a Mobile Video Surveillance System, observed an individual on top of the International Border Barrier. Simultaneously, two others were observed north of the barrier, exiting a drainage canal situated approximately 6.76 miles southwest of the Ysleta Port of Entry.

The surveillance system operator promptly reported the suspected undocumented migrants via service radio. A U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Ysleta Station, driving a marked Border Patrol vehicle, was in close proximity and headed towards the location, arriving at approximately 3:33 p.m. The agent, utilizing the service radio, notified dispatch that three adult females were observed falling from the barrier and landing on top of one another.

In response, the agent requested emergency medical services (EMS) and took immediate action by cutting a rope that the women had tied to each other. Subsequently, each woman was placed into a recovery position. Additional responding agents apprehended four male individuals in the immediate area.

The El Paso Fire Department arrived on scene at approximately 3:50 p.m., and two Life Ambulance EMS units arrived at approximately 4:01 p.m. The Life Ambulance units transported one woman to University Medical Center and another to Del Sol Medical Center. Regrettably, the third woman, later identified as a Mexican citizen, sustained significant head injuries, was unresponsive with no pulse, and was declared deceased at 8:35 p.m. by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.

An autopsy, performed by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner on November 20, is pending further details, which will be released by the office when available.

Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) special agents conducted interviews with the two surviving women at the hospital. According to their statements, the group's guide advised them that Border Patrol was approaching. Observing a Border Patrol vehicle heading towards them, panic ensued, leading one woman to attempt to climb back down the barrier with the other two women below her. The women were tied together about one foot apart as they climbed the barrier. When one woman panicked, all three of them fell from the barrier.

This incident is currently under review by CBP’s OPR, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, and the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner. Additionally, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General has been notified.