VIDEO: Large group of migrants storm bridge linking El Paso and Mexico

A large group of migrants stormed the Paso Del Norte bridge at the U.S.-Mexican border in a mass attempt to gain entry into the United States on Sunday, leading to a confrontation with officials. 

Several videos of the incident show the large crowd made up of mostly Venezuelan migrants gathering at the bridge connecting El Paso to Ciudad, Juarez Mexico.

Migrants of all ages are seen in the videos pressing toward the border’s fence and rushing through the bridge's toll booths.

Another video shows the migrants being pushed onto the bridge, where they begin running, while yet another one shows the migrants gathering on a smaller bridge nearby to also try to gain access into the country. 

According to sources at the border, crowd control measures had to be used to prevent the large crowd from entering the country.

On the U.S. side of the border, Customs and Border Protection sent additional officials and “implemented port hardening measures” to stop the influx of migrants from entering the U.S. Officials lined up behind physical barricades and razor wire, while traffic on the bridge was temporarily halted. Mexico, on the other hand, deployed members of its military to attempt to contain the incident. 

“CBP is working to maintain the legal and orderly flow of entry to the U.S. while protecting the safety and security of legitimate trade and travel, CBP facilities, and the CBP workforce,” the agency said at the time.

The incident comes as a record-breaking number of migrants crossed the border last year. Fiscal Year 2023, which began last October, is on pace to break last year’s records. 

The large number of migrants ammassed at the bridge subsided Sunday evening, El Paso Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino reportedly told CNN. 

“At this time EOC (Emergency Operations Center) has shut down. Crowds [have] subsided and it’s just being monitored,” D’Agostino said. 

Large groups of migrants were still amassing on the Mexican side of the port of entry, D’Agostino said, but “no breach has occurred.”