At least nine undocumented migrants who were lost in a wild area of El Centro, California, and among whom were five children were rescued by federal authorities, according to the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym). in English).
The rescues took place at three different times. The first occurred last Friday afternoon when Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro station received a call from Mexican authorities about four people who illegally crossed the border and said they were lost in the mountains of Ocotillo, California.
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After making telephone contact with the lost undocumented, the agents went to the wild area where they found a 26-year-old Guatemalan woman with her daughter 2-year-old, and a 24-year-old Salvadoran with her 4-year-old son, according to CBP in a statement.
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The Salvadoran woman needed medical attention and was transported to a hospital for a knee injury
.
The rest of the illegal immigrants were detained and processed by the immigration authorities.
The second incident also occurred on Friday in the desert near Calexico, when authorities were notified of a distress call alerting an adult woman with three children lost in the area after entering the United States.
Authorities located a 28-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant and her 2, 10 and 14-year-old children.
A Border Patrol agent along the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California on August 23, 2019.Carolyn Van Houten / The Washington Post via Getty Images
On Sunday morning the California Highway Patrol (CHP) received an emergency call about a man who was lost and without water.
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After being rescued, the undocumented man was transported to a nearby hospital to receive treatment for a knee injury.
Authorities warned that since October, Border Patrol agents from the El Centro sector have successfully rescued 151 lost or endangered people.
With the arrival of summer and high temperatures, the risks of crossing the border increase
, insisted CBP.
Last week an immigrant died allegedly suffocated by high temperatures after crossing the dividing line in the Laredo, Texas sector.
With information from EFE.
