Many migrants still waiting in downtown El Paso after U.S. Border Patrol drop-off
EL PASO, Texas -- In the parking lot next to the Greyhound bus station on the corner of Santa Fe and Overland, migrants have begun to set up camp Saturday.
These migrants, many from Venezuela, are trying to figure out their next move after being let out of shelters that had run out of capacity on Thursday and onto the streets.
One of these migrants described parts of his journey through South America to ABC-7 Saturday, and those parts can only be described as dangerous and harrowing.
"I encountered people who die, people who rape, people who get stolen, and people who can’t handle the experience" said Rainel Orzola.
"[The guides] sell a three day trip, but people don’t know all the mountains you have to climb, all the rivers you have to cross, all the ravines that a person prepares for, but [are] still not fully equipped for" he added.
He also described not eating for over three days, as well as having to drink water from a river that may have been contaminated.
Orzola told us that he plans to go to Dallas, where he hopes to find work and start his new life in the United States.
