HOLTVILLE, Calif. — Thirteen people killed in one of the deadliest border crashes on record were among more than 40 migrants who entered the U.S. through a hole cut into Southern California’s border fence with Mexico, the Border Patrol said Wednesday.
Surveillance video showed a Ford Expedition and Chevrolet Suburban drive through the opening early Tuesday, Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol’s El Centro sector chief, told The Associated Press. It is believed they were part of a migrant smuggling operation.
The Suburban carried 19 people, and it caught fire for unknown reasons on a nearby interstate after entering the U.S. All escaped the vehicle and were taken into custody by Border Patrol agents.
The Expedition crammed with 25 people continued on, and a tractor-trailer struck it a short time later. Ten of the 13 killed have been identified as Mexican citizens. The rest of those in the SUV and the truck driver survived.
The Border Patrol said its agents were not pursuing the vehicle before the crash. The opening in the fence was about 30 miles east of the crash in the heart of California’s Imperial Valley, a major farming region.
This was one of two SUV’s that crossed the border in the morning . If these vehicles can easily cross the border with two dozen illegals inside, imagine how much drugs and guns are being brought in.
Open borders bring in drugs , guns, child sex trafficking, death and destruction.
Would those who support open borders think that removing the entrance doors to their homes would be a safe and intelligent idea❓
Thank God the truck hit them and the driver of it is okay. He is a hero he stopped a bunch of illegals getting into this country and raping, killing, robbing and going on welfare.