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A 7 year old girl from El Salvador was hauled over the US-Mexico border wall by a smuggler who abandoned her before scaling back over the fence, video shows.
The girl was seen clinging to the man’s back as he climbed a rope ladder from Mexico over the 30-foot wall into an area about two miles from Calexico, California, around 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, US Customs and Border Protection said.
Footage showed the man lowering the girl to the ground and instructing her to walk north, away from the dangerous All-American Canal before he returned to Mexico.
Border agents then conducted a welfare check on the girl and transported her to the El Centro Sector Processing Center, officials said.
“Smugglers will always view children as a commodity to gain a profit, disregarding the safety and well being of any individual except their own.”
It’s unclear whether any arrests have been made. The agency didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.
https://nypost.com/2021/10/14/smuggler-carries-girl-over-30-foot-border-wall-then-returns-to-mexico/