The Mexican Backstory to Drone Images of Thousands Crossing the Rio Grande
A tale of open government corruption, impressive criminal organization, and irresistible profit from American policy
By Todd Bensman on January 13, 2023
photoillustration of drone images
EL MORAL, Mexico – Just across the Rio Grande from this tiny farming village is where Fox News drones shot the video footage that provided America with perhaps the most iconic vision of the southern border’s two-year-long mass migration crisis: groups of large as 2,500 calmly appeared on the Texas side near Eagle Pass to turn themselves in to the Border Patrol for quick release into the United States.
The flying cameras of Fox News shined a brilliant light on these arriving groups, stunned much of the public, spurred Republican lawmakers to voice outrage, and may well have contributed to President Joe Biden’s January decision to finally visit the border.
But the Mexican side of the story here in El Moral has remained dark, though it probably stands as by far the more disturbing half of the story.
The Center for Immigration Studies recently visited the villages and roadways of the region across from where the infamous drone footage was shot, ground zero of it here in the tiny rural village of El Moral and also in nearby El Centinela, off Mexico Highway 2 along the Rio Grande and some 20-30 miles north of Piedras Negras, the Mexican city opposite Eagle Pass. These are two of the main villages, which hug the Rio Grande, where most of the huge crossings were staged.
https://cis.org/Bensman/Mexican-Backstory-Drone-Images-Thousands-Crossing-Rio-Grande
