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26 Migrants Aboard a Train Attempt to Circumvent Checkpoint

Release Date
Thu, 01/06/2022
Border Patrol agents assist undocumented persons off train.
Border Patrol agent assist undocuments persons
off of  train to transport to the El Centro Sector's
CentralizedProcessing Center for further medical
evaluations and further processing.

NILAND, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 26 undocumented individuals aboard a freight train near the Highway 111 checkpoint Tuesday morning. 

At approximately 4:45 a.m., a train conductor notified agents working at the checkpoint that he observed a group of individuals attempting to circumvent the checkpoint aboard his train traveling northbound through Bombay Beach, CA, five miles north of the checkpoint.

Agents responded to the area and encountered 10 individuals who did not possess the proper documents to be legally present in the United States. Members of the group stated that there was also an additional group aboard the train. The conductor was notified of the other group and the train was stopped by the Indio train yard, near Dillon Road and Avenue 48.  Responding agents encountered an additional 16 undocumented individuals.  

Welfare checks were conducted on all 26 individuals and no medical assistance was required. Agents transported all the individuals to the El Centro Sector’s Centralized Processing Center to be further medically evaluated and processed accordingly.  

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Last Modified: Oct 26, 2023