Two Ecuadorian girls who were dropped from a 14-foot-high barrier at the U.S-Mexico border by smugglers near El Paso about a month ago have been reunited with their family. “The Ecuadorian minors aged three and five, who were abandoned by human traffickers on the border between the United States and Mexico, were finally reunited with their family on April 17,” Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility wrote in a statement. “The Foreign Ministry ratifies its commitment to continue working—in coordination with the competent institutions—for the prevention of risky migration of Ecuadorian citizens, especially children and adolescents,” the statement reads. After the late March incident, the girls were located by border agents and placed at a temporary holding facility in Texas, reported AP News. The Ecuadorian consulate in Houston said on April 2 that the children were safe, uninjured, and that their parents were contacted. In the San Diego sector, Chief Patrol Agent Aaron …
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