DEL RIO, Texas– A group of Haitian migrants took control of a Border Patrol transport bus taking a trip to Brownsville Monday afternoon. Authorities said a few of the migrants got away from the bus after a battle broke out.
An industrial coach bus contracted by U.S. Customs and Border Defense transferred a group of 29 migrants from the migrant camp in Del Rio. As they approached a rest area north of the Javier Vega, Jr. Border Patrol checkpoint on U.S. Highway 77 in Kenedy County, a fight broke out among the migrants, Kleberg County Sheriff Richard Kirkpatrick informed Breitbart Texas in a phone interview.
As Border Patrol agents struggled to restore control of the bus, a few of the migrants got away and got away throughout the highway. Constable Kirkpatrick dispatched his deputies and Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers to assist the agents in the neighboring county.
“When we get a call of an officer or agent being assaulted, we send out everybody from several firms to help,” Kirkpatrick said.
The sheriff stated 24 of the 29 migrants were Haitians. It is not understood at this time, which migrants were associated with the fight.
The sheriff stated Border Patrol sent 2 buses with security cages to take control of the transport of the migrants.
National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd informed Governor Greg Abbott on the event throughout a meeting in Del Rio on Tuesday. He stated the migrants were being transported from Del Rio to Brownsville.
Guv Abbott responded, “So what they performed in doing that is they dedicated a criminal offense.” He prompted regional officials to detain and prosecute the migrants.
The Border Patrol union president told Abbott the Haitians are becoming agitated and that tension is increasing after investing almost a week in the encampment under the Del Rio International Bridge. He described that the news of the elimination of Haitian migrants on Title 42 flights to Haiti is contributing to the currently high levels of agitation among the apprehended migrants.
Currently, Border Patrol is apprehending roughly 9,100 migrants under the bridge.
Border Patrol, CBP, and Department of Homeland Security authorities did not go to the instruction conducted by the Texas governor.
Bob Ratefunctions as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border group. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas group. Price is a routine panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point?Sunday-morning talk program. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTXand Facebook.
Randy Clarkis a 32-year veteran of the United States Border Patrol. Prior to his retirement, he worked as the Department Chief for Law Enforcement Operations, directing operations for nine Border Patrol Stations within the Del Rio, Texas, Sector. Follow him on Twitter @RandyClarkBBTX.