Two babies, just four and eighteen months old, were abandoned in the middle of the Arizona desert by illegal immigrant smugglers. The children were rescued by Border Patrol after an arrested immigrant informed agents of the children's whereabouts.
A patrol officer located the babies near the Organ Pipe National Monument. The oldest was crying in the middle of the desert. The youngest remained face down and was unresponsive. The officer provided aid and managed to resuscitate him.
Yesterday smugglers left an infant and a toddler in the Sonoran Desert to die. This is cruelty. And it is gut-wrenching. I commend our agents for their quick response to this dreadful incident and to every incident in which migrant lives are at stake. 1/ pic.twitter.com/TvMBJLJJW1f
- John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) August 26, 2022
John Modlin, chief agent of the Tucson sector of the Border Patrol, posted on social media what had happened: "Smugglers left a child and a baby to die in the Sonoran desert," said the agent, who later applauded the agents for their actions in saving the lives of the little ones. "The heartlessness of smugglers cannot be underestimated," Modlin recalled.
The children, according to local media reports, were eventually transferred to Abrazo West Hospital and later released back into Border Patrol custody. The process of relocation for the children has begun.
Abandoned on the world's most dangerous border
According to a report from the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations, the U.S.-Mexico border is the deadliest land crossing in the world. At least 728 people died last year attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
A few weeks ago, Voz Media reported how coyotes, human smugglers backed by drug and smuggling cartels, were strategically coordinating to smuggle immigrants before helpless border patrols. A Washington Post report told personal stories of the immigrants but exposed a coordinated system of human smuggling.
Also a recent report revealed that 4,900,000 people entered the country illegally since Biden has been president. The figure includes the 3.4 million immigrants registered by the Border Patrol and another 900,000 fugitives who entered the country undetected, according to FAIR, citing sources at the immigration enforcement agency.
