held a press conference and released the results of their investigation. they found no evidence that any haitian migrants were whipped or struck. they did announce that they would be disciplining four of these horseback agents for administrative violations, specifically accusing them of working in an unsafe manner, unprofessional work conduct. they highlighted some specifics accusing one agent of using derogatory language and maneuvering his horse around a small child in a dangerous way. they accused other agents of threat of force to drive migrants back in to the river. but again, the highlight, they say there was no evidence that anybody was whipped. i m told by multiple federal sources, discipline proposals were sent to the agents yesterday. those proposals include up to 14 days of unpayment suspension.
the horse patrol agents were not carrying whips and there s no evidence that they hit anyone with their reins. we have a texas congressman standing by. first to bill melugin in eagle pass, texas. good afternoon, bill. trace, good afternoon to you. it s been nearly ten months since this incident first took place in del rio last september. timely cbp held a press conference to announce the findings of their investigation. they just threw cold water on the false narrative that started last year accusing these horseback agents of whipping haitian my grantses. cbp says that they found no evidence whatsoever that any haitian migrants were whipped or struck by the horseback border patrol agents. but they re recommending discipline for four agents
patrol agents were falsely accused of whipping haitian migrants last year but are still referring four agents for discipline in connection with the viral incident. correspondent bill melugin has details from eagle pass. cpd comirntion chris magness announcing today after nearly a 10 month investigation the agency found no evidence supporting a false narrative that haitian migrants were whipped by horseback border patrol agents in del rio last summer. opr found no evidence border patrol agents involved in this incident struck any person with their reins intentionally or otherwise. but cpd says they are sending discipline proposals to four of those horseback agents. despite them being previously cleared of criminal wrong doing. cpd is accusing them of unprofessional conduct and working in an unsafe manner, including using derogatory language and using the threat of force to drive migrants back
on the horses, they were falsely accused of whipping haitian migrants, of course, when they were actually controlling the horses with the reins, do we know exactly what the administration and officials are going to charge the agents with in terms of an administrative restrictions? eric, we don t, we are wondering the exact same thing because earlier in the year dhs office inspector general they cleared agents of any criminal wrongdoing and now we are hearing from federal sources that cbp s office of professional responsibility has identified administrative violations allegedly committed by the horseback agents and they are planning to discipline them in the coming days. what the discipline is and what the supposed violations are, we simply do not know yet, however, we are being told that the agents are going to be notified in the coming days and they will have a chance to fight it. eric: are critics calling it a political move?
this inflation and if it can be tamed. and border patrol agents, we re told, are furious that the department of homeland security is about to discipline their colleagues who were falsely accused of whipping haitian migrants last summer when they were actually using reins of their horses to control those animals. we have live fox team coverage and all these stories for you coast to coast. let s begin first with bill melugin with more on the situation among the border patrol agents because of those photographs that went viral with a lot of false accusations. hey, bill. reporter: eric, good afternoon to you. that s exactly right, multiple sources tell me they are irate about this. they feel that the president and other politicians essentially convict these horseback agents before they ever had a chance at an investigation, and now we re hearing they re going to be disciplined. if we can rewind the clock to last september, del rio, those horseback agents were responding to thousands upon