Miami, United States.
A man died in the custody of agents of the Border patrol who stopped a van allegedly carrying undocumented immigrants near Hebbronville in his box, in Texas, Reported this Saturday the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The death occurred on the 15th, when Border Patrol security cameras captured a Toyota Tacoma truck carrying several people lying in bed in the trunk of the vehicle.
border agents they rushed to the scene and sent the car to stop and in doing so all occupants escaped except one, who presented with medical problems.
The man was attended to by one Border Patrol emergency medical technician and was later transferred to the Christus Spohn Hospital in the Texan town of Alice, where he was pronounced dead.
Identity and nationality
CBP has indicated in a statement that not yet the identity and nationality of the dead man have been determined and that this incident is being reviewed by the New County County Medical Examiner and CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
In recent months there has been a significant increase in the illegal crossing of undocumented immigrants and last March they exceeded 172,000, the highest monthly level in 20 years, increasing by 71% compared to February and 5 times more than in the same month of 2020.
Migration authorities are detecting an increased number of undocumented moving vehicles attempting to enter the United States in human trafficking operations that can sometimes end up being fatal.
The worst of these cases was recorded in early March when a van in which 25 people were traveling crashed into a truck in California, In an accident that left 13 undocumented dead, 10 of them Mexicans.