Venezuelan migrants clashed with Mexican authorities Monday as police tried clearing out a camp near the Rio Grande.
The clashes were in the same spot where migrants rushed into the United States and assaulted Border Patrol agents
Venezuelan migrants were seen clashing with Mexican authorities Monday as police tried clearing out a camp where thousands had been living and using theVideo footage obtained from a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter above the chaos unfolding in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico shows the migrants and Mexican federal police officers clashing near the river, which separates Mexico and the United States.
"The river, they were using as a public bathroom," Texas DPS Lt. Christopher Olivarez told Fox News Digital. "You have close to over 1,000 there. It got to the point where they just had to move them out. It was just causing too many issues." Venezuelan migrants camped at the Rio Grande that separates Mexico and the United States clashed with Mexican police Monday.in an effort to move the migrants to a shelter. The Mexican police offered the migrants bus services and other forms of transportation to a shelter, Olivarez said."That's when we saw some of the Venezuelans were assaulting some of the police… some even caused some small fires," Olivarez said.
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