Man dies after falling off of border wall: Border Patrol

Man dies after falling off of border wall: Border Patrol

Border officials said a man died after falling from the top of the border wall about a quarter mile east of the Pacific Ocean in California. The incident highlights a frequent warning from Border Patrol agents — smugglers and travel companions will leave immigrants for dead to avoid apprehension.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that the man was on top of the wall alongside a woman with a buckled ladder beneath them on the south …