CBP agents rescue woman being raped at the border, help catch assailant
By Griff Jenkins and Adam Shaw
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EXCLUSIVE: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Arizona on Monday rescued a wounded woman who was being raped on the Mexican side of the border before helping Mexican authorities apprehend the assailant, Fox News has learned.
Agents from CBP’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) saw the woman being assaulted as they patrolled the Yuma sector in a helicopter. The incident occurred on the Mexican side of the border fence, and about 12 miles east of downtown Calexico.
VIDEO: As [the pilot] got closer, it was apparent that the man was trying to overpower the woman and in his words, look like she was actively being raped, James Schuetzler, Director of Yuma’s Air Branch, told Fox News in an interview on Wednesday.
Two Migrants Found Dead in Arizona Desert near Border
File Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/Yuma Sector
3 Jun 2021
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents recovered the bodies of two migrants who succumbed to the heat of the Arizona desert after being smuggled across the border from Mexico. One of the migrants died this week, while the second had been dead for two weeks.
Yuma Sector agents assigned to the Foreign Operations Branch on June 1 received a call from Mexican officials about a 911 call reporting a distressed group of migrants who became distressed from the heat after illegally crossing the border into southwest Arizona, according to information provided by Yuma Sector Border Patrol officials. Mexican officials advised that one of the females in the group collapsed and died from the heat.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Arizona on Monday rescued a wounded woman who had been shot and was being raped on the Mexican side of the border before Mexican authorities later apprehended the assailant, Fox News has learned.