A total of 36 individuals were detained at the San Diego beach border after trying to swim around a metal border fence that spans into the Pacific Ocean and divides Mexico and the United States.
According to Customs and Border Protection, a woman passed away while attempting to come to the U.S. She was part of a group of roughly 70 migrants who attempted to enter the United States late Friday night by swimming from Tijuana, Mexico, past the border barrier and into San Diego.
One responding agent came upon a lone, unresponsive woman later thought to be among the same group of swimmers after an agent in the area reported multiple individuals in the water. Due to the frequency in the number of migrants attempting to reach California’s coast, CBP has been prompt to enhance patrolling operations along 114 miles of the coast.
There has been a rise in the number of migrants referring to the sea as means of transporting into the United States. CBP has continuously reported record levels in California’s Orange, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties. This year alone, the apprehension of 90 undocumented individuals crossing by sea has been reported. Members of the Department of Homeland Security’s Regional Coordination Mechanism (ReCoM), working with local law enforcement agencies, reacted to 12 smuggling incidents in the month of July alone.
The United States Border Patrol, along with Air and Marine Operations, the United States Coast Guard, the San Diego Fire Department, and California State Parks, continued to search the region for any missing persons who may have been in difficulty. Border Patrol agents apprehended 36 of 70 adult Mexican nationals who had swum around the border barrier, 25 men and 11 women, including 13 people rescued from the water by the US Coast Guard. All 36 immigrants were safely apprehended and sent to a nearby station to be processed.
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