A Mexican journalist got some unusual footage when she spotted two suspected drug smugglers scaling a tall border fence from Mexico into the U.S. and then promptly climbing back after they realized they were being filmed.
Journalist Carolina Rocha of Azteca Noticias in Mexico City was in Nogales, Arizona, reporting on the U.S. Border Patrol’s use of force March 16 when she spotted two young men in black t-shirts and jeans climbing down the fence in daylight. Footage shows them carrying large backpacks that were likely holding drugs, walking while hunched over and then hiding behind some bushes and talking on what appears to be a phone before realizing the camera was recording.
“Don’t record,” one of the men says.
But Rocha was already rolling and not willing to stop. She told the men she was just doing her job.
“It was shocking. This is happening in front of me? And we didn’t’ stop recording,” Rocha said in Spanish during an interview with The Associated Press.
¡Momentos de tensión vive @carolina_rocha_ y su equipo! durante grabación en la frontera de México – US. https://t.co/DOnhBDbXln
— TV Azteca (@Azteca) March 30, 2016
The cameras rolled for about three minutes before the men climbed back up the fence and returned to Mexico.
Rocha said she was stunned at how quickly they scaled the fence, which is over 20 feet high. The men were gone within seconds.
She was also struck by the fact that there were three U.S. Border Patrol trucks within yards of the incident. No agents approached the men.
Border Patrol spokesman Mark Landess said it’s not uncommon for smugglers to scale the steel fence, especially around Nogales, which is a busy drug smuggling corridor.
Landess said it’s impossible to know why the agents didn’t respond or whether they even saw the men.
“They might be waiting for something else to happen. There’s no way to make an educated comment on that,” Landess said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
And Hilary Clinton says our borders are secure. This pisses me off.
What do you expect from that lying, scum bag thief billary & her womanizing husband ? AND yet the morons will vote for her……..GOD help us……
Why didn’t the Border Patrol do their job? They were in the vicinity & could see these men scaling the wall? Once they were on the U.S. side they could have easily apprehended them to see what was in the backpacks. So many questions.
They need to make the wall a little harder to climb.
What do you think Trump wants to do? BUILD IT HIGHER ~~~~~
Very simple. fire a shot in the air, tell them to stop or else, and if they don’t, fire at them. People forget that these vermin sell this stuff to American kids (and adults) who may overdose on it or die.
Why just fire a shot in the air and not directly to them? This will eliminate a couple of those vermin once and for all. Try to put a sticky substance on this side of the border and keep them until they dried up.
Don’t kill them but aim and shoot their legs.
Build a decent fence all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific. It can be patrolled with electronic devices and visually. All who climb over it should be immediately arrested and returned (no hearings, delays, etc.). Repeat offenders should be jailed–on the Mexican side of the border. If Mexico does not cooperate, there are economic measures that can be taken to “persuade” the country to get its act together and respect our border! The steps to take to be effective are simple to take; we just do not have a government that is committed to enforcing immigration LAW. Note the word, LAW. Then, we address the issue of the 12-million or so illegals inside the country. It is not as complicated as some would like us to believe. It starts with a will and commitment to enforce existing laws, and simply TAKE ACTION! I volunteer to help direct this three-ring circus we are witnessing!
Install electricity on the top of the fence and post a warning sign sign in Spanish telling them not to scale the wall if they don’t want to be refried beans
LOL Good.
Can’t blame border patrols, they aren’t getting the support they need in order to do their jobs. If they fire and kill one of these miserable creatures, then they could possible be arrested themselves. This whole country has gone nuts!!! we need to support our border patrols actions when dealing with these scumbags!!!!
I think anyone caught red handed coming into the country illegally should be dealt with as the mexican government would. Send them back immediately after ascertaining whether or not they were carrying drugs. If they were, Jail them for 5 years hard labor then send them back to where they came from. If they come back illegally for whatever reason, jail them for 10 years. Maybe they would get the message.
better than that shove the drugs down their throat like they do to our kids
That’s obviously not the DE fence DAT DE Donald was talking about!