Injured Mexican migrant was abandoned in California desert

The 41-year-old Mexican migrant was injured and immobilized after suffering a fall; He was with two men who abandoned him.

Mexico.- The border police rescued a mexican migrant that he was wounded and abandoned at desert from Otay Mountain, San Diego California, United States, according to a statement.

On February 8, San Diego border police were on patrol in the desert from Otay Mountain and detained four migrants without documents. However, one of the agents heard the voice of the Mexican migrant asking for help.

Mexican migrant was injured and immobile

The agent found a wounded mexican, 41, who had fallen from a waterfall onto a rocky surface. The man said he had come in from illegally to the United States with two other men, who abandoned him when fell and was immobilized.

The border police conducted a medical evaluation of the Mexican, who determined that his left foot was seriously damaged by the fall. Due to the remote location of the area, the Mexican was taken to an area that was more accessible to emergency medical services.

At the scene, the agents tried to stabilize the injured migrant, before taking him off Otay Mountain.

Migrant was abandoned by “smugglers”

Subsequently, the Mexican He was transferred to an emergency medical unit, to be transferred to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, the other four detained migrants were transported to a nearby Border Patrol station.

Aaarón Heitke, chief agent of the San Diego Border Police, celebrated that the mexican migrant has been rescued. In addition, he assured that the Mexican He was abandoned by some “smugglers”, people known as “polleros or coyotes” for smuggling migrants and helping them cross the border.

“Our agents do everything possible to help others (…) If it weren’t for their determination and self-denial, this situation could have ended much worse”Aaarón Heitke

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