Nationwide Guard holds off dozens of migrants trying to cross Rio Grande

CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO — The Texas Nationwide Guard was in full power Saturday on this Mexican border metropolis, as dozens of migrants tried to illegally cross into the US.

Beneath the Ysleta-Zaragoza Bridge, migrants —together with moms with young children strapped to their backs —  jumped across small rocks to cross the Rio Grande.

However as soon as throughout, concertina wire held them again as did 30 members of the Texas Nationwide Guard

“Vamanos,” — “Let’s go!” — a loudspeaker blared from a DPS automobile on the other aspect, with the border wall about 300 ft within the background.

“Vamanos,” the agent repeated.

Moments later, a dozen Texas Nationwide Guardsmen appeared telling them to go away.

Once more, the migrants leapt throughout the water. This time retreating.

“There’s one other means we will undergo,” a younger Guatemalan man advised The Submit. He mentioned it’s his first time attempting to cross. He’s been right here for 3 days.

One other man, 18-year-old Rile Barebes Santos, mentioned he was not afraid to cross the border, at the same time as he observed the Nationwide Guard troops. “I wish to be one thing after I develop up,” mentioned the highschool pupil who left the Dominican Republic two weeks in the past after the homicide of two uncles.

“There isn’t any safety the place we dwell,” mentioned Barebes Santos, who’s from the Dominican capital Santo Domingo. He advised The Submit he arrived Friday in Juarez on a sequence of buses, and was robbed as soon as he received to Mexico of 300 Mexican pesos or simply over $17.

Because the migrants tried to find another way to cross, a Juarez police automobile blared its lights.

The migrants ran from the bridge, however returned to sit down in entrance of the border wire.

A 16-year-old was left in tears after the Texas Nationwide Guard turned her away from the bridge. Kleisy, 16, mentioned she was attempting to go to Dallas. She left Guatemala a couple of month in the past. 

She has two sisters in Guatemala. Her mother has most cancers. Her plan is to be together with her dad in Dallas and ship a refund house. 

A number of of the Nationwide Guard advised them to go away the world, and prolonged the concertina wire as a Submit photographer and reporter appeared on.