IMPERIAL, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector successfully rescued nine undocumented individuals in three separate incidents over the weekend.
The first incident occurred Friday afternoon at about 1:15 p.m., in the mountains near Ocotillo. The El Centro Border Patrol Station received a call from Mexican authorities about four individuals who illegally crossed the United States / Mexico International Boundary and had become lost.
After making telephonic contact with the lost undocumented individuals, El Centro Station agents quickly responded to the area and at about 2 p.m., agents located a 26-year-old Guatemalan woman with her 2-year-old daughter and a 24-year-old El Salvadorian woman with her 4-year-old son.
Agents conducted welfare checks on the individuals and determined that one needed additional medical attention due to an injured knee. Emergency Medical Services arrived and transported the injured woman and her child to a nearby hospital.
The other undocumented individuals were taken into custody and transported to the El Centro Sector Processing Center for further processing.
The second incident occurred Friday afternoon at about 2:15 p.m., in the desert near Calexico, when El Centro Sector Dispatch notified the Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) operators about a distress call involving an adult woman with three children who illegally crossed the United States / Mexico International Boundary and were lost.
Agents quickly responded to the area and at about 2:50 p.m. agents located a 28-year-old Ecuadorian woman, her 2-year-old daughter, 10-year-old son, and 14-year-old son. Agents conducted welfare checks and determined that no medical attention was required. They then transported the undocumented individuals to the El Centro Sector Processing Center for further processing.
The third incident occurred Sunday morning at about 10:15 a.m., in the mountains near Ocotillo when the California Highway Patrol relayed a 9-1-1 call to the El Centro Sector Radio Dispatch about a man who illegally crossed the United States / Mexico International Boundary and was now lost and without water.
El Centro Sector’s Border Search Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) Unit responded to the area and at about 1:13 p.m., BORSTAR agents located a 42-year-old Mexican national and conducted a welfare check. The undocumented individual claimed to have a knee injury and requested additional medical assistance. Emergency Medical Services arrived and transported the individual to a nearby hospital for treatment.
All undocumented individuals in each of these incidents will be processed accordingly.
Since October, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents have successfully rescued 151 individuals lost or in distress.
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