US border patrol routinely sabotages water left for migrants, report says

[DonViejo]

Source: The Guardian




Humanitarian groups report agents routinely destroy supplies left in Arizona desert, condemning people to die of thirst

Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
@rorycarroll72

Wed 17 Jan 2018 03.01 EST

United States border patrol agents routinely vandalise containers of water and other supplies left in the Arizona desert for migrants, condemning people to die of thirst in baking temperatures, according to two humanitarian groups.

In a report published Wednesday, the Tucson-based groups said the agents committed the alleged sabotage with impunity in an attempt to deter and punish people who illegally cross from Mexico.

Volunteers found water gallons vandalised 415 times, on average twice a week, in an 800 sq mile patch of Sonoran desert south west of Tucson, Arizona from March 2012 to December 2015, the report said. The damage affected 3,586 gallons.

The report also accused border patrol agents of vandalising food and blankets and harassing volunteers in the field.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/17/us-border-patrol-sabotage-aid-migrants-mexico-arizona

[dalton99a]

1. In other words, they are actively trying to kill people.

[LittleGirl]

2. yep

the racists in this part of the country are evil.

[riversedge]

7. +1

[bronxiteforever]

3. Matthew 25:35-36

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. You beat me to it.

Endorsement of this practice by evangelicals in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ....

Link: Matthew 25:35-45, King james version

[snooper2]

6. Well that is really bright, counterproductive in two ways

First, people need water so have some out there-

Second, if they REALLY wanted to catch people wouldn't putting cameras up by the water or sting operations be more productive for their goals?

[Kali]

8. they run over my water lines all the damn time

to be fair, migrants break into them too but BP runs over them with vehicles (yeah I know we need to get them back underground, had some big storms expose pipe in a number of places over the years)