The US Embassy in Mexico alerted migrants about the consequences of irregular border crossing between the two countries. Through a video they show the number of foreigners who They fell while trying to climb the wall.
In the pictures You see a person fall from one Wall and a text reflecting the number of people affected by the attempt to cross it.
“More than 400 people fell while attempting to scale the border wall in 2025 and suffered serious injuries“says the text of the video published on his X account.
In specifying the number of people affected by the crossing, the Trump administration warned that the border was “closed to all.” “Don’t even risk it.”points out the video.
The images triggered rejection among migrants. One of them, in dialogue with Telemundoclaimed the video was “humiliating” for those people who were looking for a better future for their family.
“We are not animals. We are people who strive for the well-being of our family,” said José Gabriel Pérez.
In 2023, the United Nations International Organization for Migration identified the border between the United States and Mexico as deadliest land migration route in the world.
For fiscal year 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported a record 895 deaths.
Currently The number of people who died trying to cross the wall in 2025 is unknown.
However, a study conducted by the organization No more deaths found that most deaths were caused by falls from the wall since President Trump expanded the border wall.
According to a report by The countryThe Migrants staying in Tapachula, Chiapas, a city in southern Mexico, They began organizing caravans to travel to the Mexican capital.
Although this area acted as a sort of “funnel” for people seeking to emigrate to the United States, this new group is attempting to work and rebuild their lives outside the “region.”American dream“.
“We’re leaving Tapachula because they trapped us here.”. Here they don’t want to give us papers to live officially, and to get them we have to pay up to 20,000 pesos (more than 1,000 US dollars). We don’t want to go to the United Statessaid Diana, one of the caravan’s spokespeople.
The new road to Mexico City entails the following More than 1,100 kilometers on foot, in extreme temperatures and food shortages. Therefore, Mexico became the second alternative for migrants seeking a different lifestyle.
“In USA They don’t want us. I have seen the videos of them grabbing and beating migrants as if they were criminals. I want to stay here in Mexico“, emphasized Esther López Hernández, a 37-year-old Cuban woman who carried out the caravan with her two small children.
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