Man tries to hang himself from U.S.-Mexico border fence in Calexico

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Los Angeles Times/Press Enterprise

Man tries to hang himself from U.S.-Mexico border fence in Calexico
July 14, 2014, 4:17 PM


A 27-year-old man tried to hang himself from the border fence in Calexico, authorities said Monday..

A U.S. Border Patrol agent near 1st Street saw the man scaling the fence with a rope on the Mexico side about 7 p.m. Sunday, the Press-Enterprise reported.

The man wrapped the rope around his neck as the agent approached, hanging himself on the U.S. side of the fence, said Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Jacobo, according to the newspaper.

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The agent grabbed the man by his legs, elevating him to release the pressure around his neck, until another agent arrived to help, a Border Patrol news release said.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hanging-border-fence-calexico-20140714-story.html

[DocMac]

1. A tip of my hat to the Border Agents.

[Lochloosa]

2. Agree

[DRoseDARs]

3. It's a wonder they didn't shoot him first, claiming to've seen a gun. nt

[freshwest]

6. +1. Now we will get to hear his story.

[alp227]

4. This whole immigration scenario gets weirder and weirder. nt

[Dustlawyer]

5. and Boner does NOTHING!!!

Well, not nothing, he has sued Obama for trying to do something!

[Skittles]

7. I hope he gets the help he needs

it's so sad and distressing, the desperation at the border

[christx30]

8. I wish Mexico would do something to improve their country

to relieve the desperation at the border. But, sadly, too many rich a-holes got their thumbs in the pie.