AZMEX I3 20-7-19

AZMEX I3 20 JUL 2019


Border agents use tear gas to stop nearly 50 undocumented migrants who stormed Rio Grande bridge
By Robert Gearty, Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com/us/cbp-uses-tear-gas-to-stop-nearly-50-illegal-immigrants-who-stormed-border-crossing-bridge

Violence erupts at the southern border
Border Patrol agents assaulted by immigrants attempting to rush a Texas port of entry.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents had to use tear gas and pepper spray early Saturday
to stop nearly 50 "undocumented individuals" from illegally entering the U.S.
after they stormed a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, officials said.

The incident at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge took place at around 4 a.m.
The bridge is closed between midnight at 6 a.m.,
but CBP has had to construct temporary barriers in the middle of the span due to the large influx of migrants using the bridge at night.

A CBP official told Fox News the group attempted to rush across the bridge in three waves.

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"Ignoring commands to stop, the group suddenly rushed the temporary barricades,
bent metal poles and disabled the concertina wire affixed to the barrier," the official said.

CBP officers, Border Patrol agents, Pharr police and members of the Texas Department of Public Safety
were called upon to prevent the group's entry, according to the official.

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"Several males in the group disregarded commands to stop and physically pushed through the barriers," the official said.
"When confronted by CBP officers, the combative individuals began assaulting the officers
by punching, kicking, and attempting to grab the officers' protective devices."

Two individuals were charged with interference and federal charges are pending against
14 others who were apprehended, the official said,
adding that Mexican officials removed the remaining individuals from the bridge.

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The bridge opened to commercial traffic at 8 a.m. after a two-hour delay.

The Trump administration has mandated that asylum seekers remain in Mexico while their cases are heard
in an effort to slow the flow of mostly Central American migrants to the southern border.
The White House also said this week it was banning migrants from seeking U.S. protections
if they pass through another country first, though that rule has been challenged in court.

Those policies and others that make it hard to seek asylum have led some migrants to cross the border illegally out of desperation

The Mexican government announced plans this week to spend millions of dollars to improve migrant shelters
and detention centers that house families, but in southern Mexico, far from the U.S. border.

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ALSO:

http://bridge.pharr-tx.gov

http://bridge.pharr-tx.gov/live-bridge-camera/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharr,_Texas

COMMENT: "some migrants "?
As mentioned several times before, with the exception of Costa Rica,
the CA countries have a very long history and culture
of corruption, disfunction and violence.

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