Video provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety showed migrants breaching the federal border wall on both ends of the state’s border with Mexico. In El Paso, migrants became aggressive when confronted by Border Patrol agents. In McAllen, smugglers carried ladders across the Rio Grande and scaled the border wall.
A West Texas DPS helicopter crew assigned to Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star provided aerial coverage to El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents while a group of migrants used rope ladders to scale the border wall near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry.
This week, DPS provided aerial support to Border Patrol agents responding to groups of undocumented immigrants attempting to scale the border wall near the Santa Teresa POE and illegally cross into the U.S. Video shows recent actions by these groups in the El Paso sector. pic.twitter.com/HIErkc4kzl
— Texas DPS (@TxDPS) May 23, 2024
As agents approached, the migrants began throwing rocks, sand and water bottles at them, and they were quickly detained.
On the other side of the Texas border with Mexico, DPS officers using drone technology spotted human traffickers carrying ladders from Mexico across the Rio Grande River near McAllen, Texas. The group is using the ladders to scale the federal border wall in the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol jurisdiction.
DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez said DPS officers and the Texas Military Department responded quickly and took five migrants into custody. Law enforcement also arrested a 16-year-old smuggler.
#clock: translator The drone captured footage of a smuggling guide from Mexico guiding a group of illegal immigrants across the Rio Grande River on a raft equipped with a ladder before the group attempts to scale the border wall in McAllen. #RGV However, they were quickly stopped by DPS troopers. translation:.
— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) May 23, 2024
Olivarez said DPS currently operates more than 300 drones across the state. With more than 320 certified drone pilots, DPS has conducted more than 71,000 border-related flights, totaling nearly 20,000 flight hours.
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