Parents of Ecuadorian girls thrown over the border fence are identified in NYC; little girls lived with grandparents in precarious conditions.

The paternal grandfather of the two Ecuadorian sisters of 3 and 5 years that a coyote threw without contemplation through the border fence a week ago justified the action of the parents since the conditions in which the family lives in the South American country are of extreme poverty .

There is no set date for the reunification of minors with their parents in New York. But the process could take weeks, according to Magdalena Núñez, spokesperson for the Ecuadorian Consulate in Houston, Texas.

"(Immigration officials) need to verify the identity of the parents and confirm that they are the parents and make sure they are in good condition to receive the girls," Núñez told the New York Post this Thursday. "It is a process ... We are working to ensure that it is an expeditious process and the girls spend the minimum possible time separated from their parents," added the spokeswoman.

Hopefully this can happen soon, in a week or two," he added. But it can take up to six weeks. We are working to make sure that this happens as soon as possible, ”the Hispanic woman pointed out while noting that the minors are in good health in physical terms.

While Yolanda Macas Tene and Diego Vacacela Aguilar wait for their daughters in the Big Apple, the minors' paternal grandfather indicated that they decided to pay coyotes to transfer the girls because they were suffering greatly from their absence.

The parents, originally from Jaboncillo, Loja, in southern Ecuador, left the girls in the country to first move to the United States. It is not clear when they arrived in the US and if, at the moment, they have legal documentation to reside in the country.

"The parents want to be with them, their mother suffers too much, for that reason they decided to bring them, " Lauro Vacacela told the Telemundo network .

Vacacela assured that she does not know with which human trafficker her son spoke to take his granddaughters or how much the trip cost, a matter that causes him anguish.

The case of the minor became known to the media after videos taken by the Border Patrol (CBP) showed the exact moment when Yareli and Yasmina are thrown over the border fence by a trafficker who then runs away.

The events were reported last Wednesday afternoon west of the town of Mt. Cristo Rey, in New Mexico. The images confirm the crisis at the border under the Biden Administration, which has determined not to return minors who cross the border but to reunite them with relatives in the United States.