Following Deportation, Mexican Man Commits Suicide Minutes After Leaving United States

About a half an hour after being deported from the United States, a Mexican man jumped to his death off of a bridge, according to local reports Tuesday.

The man, 45-year-old Guadalupe Olivas Valencia, was found unconscious next to plastic bag containing his belongings, reported the BBC. He died soon after in the hospital from a heart attack and concussion sustained after hitting the ground. The apparent suicide took place by the El Chaparral border station that connects Tijuana with San Diego.

Valencia had been deported three times and was reportedly spotted by witnesses yelling that he did not want to return to Mexico. According to a friend who spoke with Agence France-Presse, Valencia appeared anxious about being sent to a city where "he knew nobody," reported the Independent. The British newspaper reported that documents found on Valencia's possession after his death revealed he was from the Mexican state of Sinaloa, in the country's Northwest.

Valencia's death comes amid a crackdown on undocumented immigration from President Donald Trump's administration. Some 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the U.S.

The White House announced Tuesday new guidelines detailing which immigrants were subject to immediate deportation. The administration plans to add thousands more Customs and Border Protection agents and increase the number of migrants crossing the border deported to Mexico, regardless of their native nation. Overall, Trump has instructed agencies to enforce immigration laws more aggressively, which is expected to ramp up the number of deportations. The president has also, of course, stood by his plan to construct a massive, costly wall along the southern border of the United States.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security head John Kelly are scheduled to visit Mexico on Wednesday. They're expected to meet with President Enrique Pena Nieto on Thursday and talk about the border and trade between the countries, among other topics.