Man Takes Jump Off Border Wall

Reported by: Cristina Rendon
Last Update: 8:22 pm

BROWNSVILLE - It's a long way down. The border wall is 18 feet high. That's almost two stories, but that didn’t stop two men from taking their chances.

The men were spotted by Border Patrol. When they saw the agents, they tried to avoid arrest by going back toward Mexico. They ran to a certain area and chose to try to jump the fence to avoid capture.

One of them successfully made it. The other did not.

Agents said the men did not use any objects to help them get up, instead they likely used the fence itself to scale it.

The illegal who didn't make it over fell from the top of the fence to the ground. He is at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville. He was complaining of pain to his ankle.

The other man voluntarily went back across the border and isn’t facing charges.
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