Key Points
- Incredible footage captures the moment an immigrant paraglides into Spain to avoid a notoriously tough fenced-off border crossing — where 23 people were killed in violent clashes with guards earlier this year.
- A now-viral video caught two men gasping in surprise on Thursday as they saw the paraglider crossing the Melilla fence, one of the main entry points into Europe from Morocco.
- “Brother, he is jumping in a f—ing parachute, a f—ing parachute — incredible!” one of the onlookers gasps.
- Local authorities soon confirmed they were looking for the mystery migrant seen flying across the heavily guarded border that has two 7.5-mile-long parallel fences that at points are up to 33 feet high.
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