Mexico sets up checkpoint near San Judas Break after migrants cross into U.S. through border fence gap

The Mexican government recently set up a checkpoint near a U.S. border gap after migrants used the opening, known locally as the San Judas Break, to illegally cross the border into the United States, 60 Minutes confirmed. 

Migrants have moved on and are now crossing the border at another spot four miles east of the San Judas Break, area residents who help migrants said. The gap migrants have moved to is harder to get to, requiring hours of walking. It's not directly accessible by vehicle, whereas smugglers used SUVs to drop off migrants by the San Judas Break. 

The San Judas Break had become internationally known. Over four days last month, 60 Minutes witnessed nearly 600 migrants — adults and children — come through the 4-foot gap at the end of a border fence 60 miles east of San Diego. Migrants passed through the gap by ducking under razor wire...more