Mexican Woman Dies Dangling Upside Down While Trying To Cross Border Fence

A Mexican migrant woman died after she got stuck upside down while trying to jump over the US border fence, authorities said.

Border Patrol agents responded to the scene after receiving a call from Mexican emergency dispatchers about a woman who was stuck on the fence.

The 32-year-old woman, identified as Griselda Verduzco Armenta, from Sinaloa, was found dangling in a harness on a section of the fence off of International Road and Kings Highway near Douglas, Arizona, late Monday, April 11. It wasn’t immediately clear how long she remained stuck to the fence.

"The woman reportedly climbed onto the top of the International Border wall and when attempting to maneuver down on the US side via a harness similar to rappelling, her foot/leg became entangled and she was trapped upside down for a significant amount of time," Cochise County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead, police said.

The body was later transported to the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

The results ruled her death an accident and determined she died of traumatic asphyxia from hanging upside down.

“These types of incidents are not political, they are humanitarian realities that someone has lost a loved one in a senseless tragedy," Sheriff Dannels said, continuing, " We have to do better in finding solutions to the challenges facing our border, and we have to do it for the right reasons. Regardless of opinions, it is the facts that should direct our progress and we will keep working towards a shared goal of border safety and security."

Vickie Gaubeca with the Southern Border Communities Coalition says there has been an alarming surge in the deaths related to the border wall.

"Ever since we’ve seen 30-foot walls built under the Trump administration, we’ve seen a huge increase in deaths," she said. "We used to see injuries like broken bones, but rarely did we see a death."