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Video: Children dropped over border fence in New Mexico

Posted at 7:44 AM, Apr 01, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-01 12:57:10-04

A new video surfacing shows two young children being dropped over a border fence in New Mexico.

A border patrol agent in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, was operating the camera and saw the situation.

She alerted agents to the location where they found a 3-year-old and a 5-year-old.

According to a press release the children are sisters from Ecuador.

They were checked out at a local hospital and released.

The girls are now in border patrol temporary holding until they are placed elsewhere by Health and Human Services.