Federal agents caught on camera trying to dump injured man on Mexican side of border

"Look at that. And you don't even know if he's Mexican or not."

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents risked breaking a repatriation agreement after reportedly attempting to drop off an injured man in Mexico, as seen in a disturbing minutes-long video obtained by NBC News.

The footage — provided by the CBP agency to the news publication after a whistleblower flagged the video’s existence — shows two U.S. border agents in uniform pulling a man into the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, CA on March 27, 2017. As one U.S. border agent attempts to uncuff the man who appears to be hurt and mentally unstable, another U.S. border agent talks with a Mexican border agent who refuses to take the man without going through the proper repatriation channels. She asks him whether he’s familiar with repatriation agreements and the U.S. border agent responds by saying he’s been doing this job for 20 years.

Under a binational agreement between the two countries, Mexican nationals “must be properly repatriated through the Mexican consulate, a process that includes fingerprinting and confirming the person’s identity. Only then can they be sent back across the border on foot or by other means,” NBC News reported.

https://thinkprogress.org/us-cbp-tried-dump-injured-man-mexico-46f295eac41b/


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https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/video-shows-u-s-agents-trying-dump-injured-man-over-n861146