U.S. Border Agent Saves Illegal Alien Who Tried to Hang Himself from Border Fence in Calexico

Man, if the Border Patrol isn't challenged enough already.

At the Riverside Press-Enterprise, "CALEXICO: Man tries to hang himself from border fence":

CALEXICO: Man tries to hang himself from border fence http://t.co/LKTHsNbtxS

— The Press-Enterprise (@PEcom_news) July 14, 2014

A 27-year-old man tried to hang himself from the border fence in Calexico Sunday night, authorities said.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent near 1st Street saw the man scaling the fence with a rope on the Mexico side about 7 p.m. As the agent approached, the man wrapped the rope around his neck, hanging himself on the U.S. side of the fence, Border Patrol Agent Eduardo Jacobo said.

The agent grabbed the man by his legs, elevating him to release the pressure around his neck, until another agent arrived to help, a Border Patrol news release said. At some point, the rope came loose and the agents lowered the man to the ground.

The man was revived at the scene and taken to a hospital.