A woman was found dead following a fall from the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Otay Mesa, California, officials say.
Police say the woman successfully scaled a 17-foot tall wall before falling from a secondary one that is 30 feet tall.
“People more and more are facing traumatic life-altering injuries when they fall, and they injure themselves, or death as the case of this woman,” immigration volunteer organizer Pedro Rios told FOX 5 about the news that has spread quickly on the border.
According to the Mexican Consulate, fatal and significant injuries since the 30-foot border wall was erected are up 162 percent in the last three years.
“They anticipated, I believe, that border falls would occur, and that that would be a deterrent, and we don’t see that actually happening,” Rios said.
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