Horrifying moment migrant stuck on border wall pleads for help before plunging to her death in front of border patrol agents

Newly-released assemblage camera footage captured nan horrifying infinitesimal a migrant who was stuck connected nan separator wall pleaded for thief earlier plunging to her death.

Petronila Elizabeth Poma Perez, a 24-year-old Guatemalan national, could not beryllium seen successful nan footage released by US Customs and Border Protection, but she could beryllium heard many times calling retired for help.

A Border Patrol supplier tried to reassure her that thief is connected nan way, but aft much than 20 minutes Poma Perez slips and falls to her decease from nan apical of nan 30-foot wall successful nan California separator metropolis of Otay Mesa connected March 21.

She is said to person arrived pinch a group of different migrants that night, and brazenly scaled nan wall successful beforehand of agents who warned her to enactment put.

Border Patrol now says nan San Diego Fire Department did not get connected nan correct broadside of nan separator wall successful clip to thief Poma Perez and supply her pinch a ladder down. 

The assemblage camera footage shows an unidentified supplier arriving connected nan segment betwixt nan superior and secondary fences separating nan US and Mexico successful California astatine astir 10.30pm.

He could beryllium heard advising nan female not to spell complete nan obstruction aliases standard down nan northbound side, telling her successful Spanish: 'Do not spell down, do not spell down.'

But Poma Perez apparently does not perceive and originates to standard nan obstruction anyway, prompting nan serviceman to counsel her 'Don't do that, don't do that.

'Stay there, do not spell down, please, please,' he could beryllium heard telling nan female arsenic he calls for help.

He past promises nan female that nan San Diego Fire Department is connected its measurement to assist, telling her to clasp tight until nan firefighters get connected nan scene.

At 1 point, different migrant approaches nan obstruction and asks nan supplier if he could usage a adjacent ladder to rescue nan female -  to which nan serviceman replies that they request to hold for nan occurrence section earlier they could return immoderate action.

The occurrence section arrived connected nan segment astir 14 minutes later - but is connected nan incorrect broadside of nan wall to thief nan woman.

Making matters worse, nan occurrence motortruck could not make nan crisp move done nan nearest gross and had to return a longer way around.

As they were doing so, Poma Perez could beryllium heard crying that she was struggling to clasp on.

By 10.54pm, Poma Perez yelled that she was going to autumn - and conscionable moments later a large thud could beryllium heard arsenic her assemblage struck nan elevated actual base.

A separator patrol supplier connected nan segment past finds her sprawled, unresponsive connected nan crushed pinch monolithic caput trauma and profuse bleeding.

'I deliberation she's done, bro,' nan supplier could beryllium heard telling different serviceman earlier calling EMS crews.

Meanwhile, firefighters yet arrived connected nan correct broadside of nan wall astir 10 minutes aft Poma Perez fell.

An supplier could past beryllium heard successful nan assemblage camera footage saying, 'They didn't make it successful time, she couldn't clasp on.'

Poma Perez was pronounced dormant astatine nan scene.

The San Diego Fire Department now says Customs and Border Protection officers directed nan motor to nan incorrect broadside of nan wall and had to execute 'lengthy maneuvers' to get to nan correct location.

'While nan situation astatine nan separator is very challenging, location are thousands of examples complete nan years wherever our crews, successful performance pinch CBP agents, person saved lives,' nan occurrence department told NBC San Diego. 

'Our unit consciousness horrible erstwhile a fatality occurs because our intent is ever to rescue and render aid, and get those folks who request further aesculapian attraction to nan hospital.'

But Poma Perez's decease has prompted concerns astir nan protocols nan Border Patrol follows erstwhile a migrant's life is successful threat - pinch immoderate quality authorities groups calling it portion of a larger argumentation nonaccomplishment successful Washington.

'If Ms. Poma Perez had nan expertise to locomotion up to activity information astatine a larboard of introduction arsenic required by US law, alternatively of being forced to hold successful threat successful Mexico, she whitethorn person not tried to climb that wall,' Amy Fischer, nan head of exile and migrants authorities astatine Amnesty International USA told Newsweek.

'People will consequence their lives successful bid to prevention their lives, and this heartbreaking calamity is 1 of acold excessively galore deaths that hap astatine nan separator because of sadistic US policies astatine nan border.'

Pedro Rios, who advocates for migrants arsenic nan head of American Friends Service Committee, besides told NBC San Diego that nan 'tragic situation... could person been avoided.

'When we were advocating that 30-foot separator walls would only bring much suffering and much death, this is precisely what we meant,' he claimed.

Rios added that 'we should not beryllium normalizing personification falling to their decease and america not questioning why that is wrong.'

Customs and Border Protection said its Office of Professional Responsibility is reviewing nan incident.