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U.S. Agents Fire Tear Gas At Migrants After People 'Tried To Breach Fence' At Mexican Border

U.S. Agents Fire Tear Gas At Migrants After People 'Tried To Breach Fence' At Mexican Border

Children were among those affected by the tear gas

Rachael Grealish

Rachael Grealish

Migrants attempting to cross the border between Mexico and the U.S. have been entrapped in tear gas - according to the Associated Press U.S. agents shot the gas at the migrants, including children.

PA

AP reported children were screaming and coughing in the clouds of gas that had been fired at them, Honduran migrant Ana Zuniga, 23, said she saw migrants open a small hole in the concertina wire at a gap on the Mexican side of a levee, it was at this point U.S. agents fired tear gas at them.

While she was holding her 3-year-old child close she told AP: "We ran, but when you run the gas asphyxiates you more."

While this was going on U.S shoppers were going about their daily business in a local shopping mall, very nearby to the incident.

A Mexican television station, Milenio TV, broadcast images of migrants at the border trying to jump over the fence.

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Topics: World News, US News