Two girls who were dropped over southern border have ‘finally reunited’ with their family says Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry
Ecuador announced that two young girls who were seen being thrown over the U.S.-Mexico border by smugglers, were “finally reunited with their family on April 17.”
The Central American nation made the announcement in a statement released by the its Foreign Ministry.
El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez said that the children were dropped onto rough terrain, “miles from the nearest residence.” Surveillance technology used at the border ended up finding the girls and Department of Homeland Security agents took the pair in to receive care.
“The Foreign Ministry ratifies its commitment to continue working — incoordination with the competent institutions — for the prevention of risky migration of Ecuadorian citizens, especially children and adolescents,” the statement read.
Before their return to Ecuador, the country said that the children were “abandoned by human traffickers.”
“I was really horrified and appalled and worried when I first saw the images come through from my staff,” Chavez told Fox News host Neil Cavuto in an interview earlier this month. “When I saw that first child dropped to the ground and then not see her move for a few seconds, I honestly thought this child just probably hit her head and is unconscious. And then I see the second child and immediately DHS, obviously, within a few minutes responded to that area to rescue them.”
