A Guatemalan migrant woman trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border was impaled on a piece of rebar while she was trying to climb over a portion of fencing, according to reports.
She attempted to climb a portion of the fence that was undergoing construction to replace the old fencing. The unnamed woman then fell onto a piece of rebar.
At 8:25 p.m. local time, officials responded to the scene, and the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital. The report said Border Patrol and San Diego-Fire Rescue Department officials responded to provide emergency services to the woman, whose injuries were described as non-life-threatening.
The Union-Tribune report said the rebar piece pierced her side and buttocks.
Border Patrol Agent Tekae Michael told the Union-Tribune that she had children with her, ages 3 and 5. They were evaluated and turned over to Border Patrol officials.
Michael said she wasn’t part of the migrant caravan that is approaching the U.S. border.
“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, wrote in a statement on Nov. 24.
Migrant Caravan Update
Around 5,000 Central American migrants were in Tijuana, Mexico, as of Nov. 23, and many of them are being kept in the Benito Juarez sports complex located in the city.President Donald Trump, meanwhile, said Nov. 24 that migrants at the border would stay in Mexico until their asylum claims were approved in U.S. courts.
“All will stay in Mexico,” Trump wrote in second tweet. He warned that the U.S. would close its southern border if necessary.
And, he added on Nov. 25, it “would be very SMART if Mexico would stop the Caravans long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their country and dump in U.S. No longer). Dems created this problem. No crossings!”