Guatemalan migrant is impaled by rebar in front of her two young children after falling from San Diego border fence while trying to enter US illegally
The mother-of-two fell while scaling a fence near the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego Friday night
The 26-year-old Guatemalan woman landed on pieces of rebar that punctured her side and buttocks
She was impaled in front of her two young children after falling from San Diego border fence while trying to enter US illegally
Her children, ages 3 and 5, were not hurt, they are now in the custody of Border Patrol custody
Their mother was taken to a San Diego hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries
Guatemalan national told agents she was not part of a Central American caravan
Border Patrol agents are seen administering first aid to the injured Guatemalan mother who impaled herself scaling a border fence in San Diego with her children Friday
According to Border Patrol agent Tekae Michael, a young mother-of-two was injured near the San Ysidro Port of Entry at 8.25pm on Friday and landed on pieces of rebar that pierced her one side of her body and her buttocks.
The 26-year-old Guatemalan woman was with her two children, ages 3 and 5, when she crossed illegally, said Border Patrol Agent Tekae Michael. She told agents she was not part of the massive migrant caravan camped out in Tijuana, Michael said.
Responding border agents administered first aid to the woman and requested paramedics and the San Diego Fire Department for assistance.
First responders transported the injured Guatemalan woman to the hospital after she was impaled during a fall when she attempted to climb the fence east of the port of entry and she fell on rebar that pierced her side and buttocks.
The migrant was then transported to a local hospital and is currently being treated for non-life threatening injures.
The woman’s children, ages three and five, were not hurt. They were evaluated at a hospital and subsequently released back into Border Patrol custody.
The incident took place near the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The victim was trying to circumvent the blockade mounted by agents of the Dept of Customs and Border Protection and Dept of Homeland Security agents this week
‘Entering our country illegally, particularly over our walls, is not only dangerous, but also very foolish,’ San Diego’s Chief Border Patrol Agent Rodney Scott said Saturday. ‘
‘This woman placed her own life and her children’s lives in peril. She could have easily died if not for the quick response by our agents and EMS.’
The rebar is part of ongoing work to replace 14 miles of decades-old fencing. It’s not related to the American military’s recent mission to fortify the fence in response to the caravan.
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