The autopsy of the Mexican woman who died in April when she was suspended from a part of the border wall in the Douglas area of Arizona, revealed that the migrant drowned after being accidentally trapped with a rope, a seat belt and some cords straps around your neck, chest and arms.
Griselda Anais Verduzco Armenta, a 31-year-old mother of two girls, was hung upside down "for a considerable time," authorities said when they found the body.
The Pima County Medical Examiner's Office said in its report that the woman had injuries to her head, torso and limbs, as well as a fractured vertebra.
Griselda Anais Verduzco Armenta, 31, died after being hung on the border wall in the Arizona sector. Telemundo
Her body also had signs that they had tried to revive her.
In an exclusive interview with Noticias Telemundo last month, her cousin assured that the coyotes that were transporting her fled the scene.
"What I know is that they tried to take her down and they couldn't and they left her there for their own safety so that migra wouldn't catch them," said the relative, who did not give her name.
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The authorities did not give more details about her circumstances and reasons for wanting to come to the United States, but her cousin said that the woman undertook the trip to give her daughters, one less than 1 year old and another 9 years old, a better future. they stayed with their grandmother in the state of Sinaloa.
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The report to the Cochise County authorities about a woman hanging from the wall arrived on April 11 at 11:00 pm and although she received care, she did not arrive alive at the hospital where her death was declared.
Several migrants have died trying to cross the border wall, including a man who died in early April from injuries he sustained when he fell from the top of the barrier in Texas.
Part of the last stretch of wall built under former President Donald Trump was erected in the Douglas area, with 30-foot-tall steel columns erected on Bureau of Land Management property.
With information from
The Associated Press