Video shows young child abandoned by smugglers at southern border

By Carly Roman

Published June 1, 2021 10:46pm ET

Video shows young child abandoned by smugglers at southern border — This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. The federal government is opening a new mass shelter for migrant children near the U.S-Mexico border and is considering housing children on three military bases to add 3,000 more beds to the overtaxed system in the coming weeks. | (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, File)

A 5-year-old child was abandoned by smugglers along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report.

A man and woman were filmed helping the young boy cross the Rio Grande River last Thursday before abandoning him by a barbed-wire fence delineating the border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, despite the young boy’s cries for them not to leave, New York Post reported.