according to a news release. Operators at El Centro Station’s Remote Video Surveillance System said they saw a man carrying a small child on his back as he climbed a rope ladder on top of the 30-foot wall.
He then waited before lowering the child onto the U.S. side. Agents said they noticed the smuggling but waited until the child safely landed on U.S.
soil before intervening.RELATED: Mexico finds hundreds of migrants in truck trailers near border"This decision was made out of caution, believing that the smuggler might panic and drop the child, resulting in serious injury or death given the height of the border wall," officials said in a statement.