US Border Patrol agents arrested 69 migrants — including four unaccompanied minors — after being alerted that they were hidden in El Paso’s storm drain system last week.
Agents in El Paso got a tip Wednesday about migrants being smuggled into an area known as the Boone Storm Drain, east of the Bridge of the Americas, Customs and Border Protection said.
While investigating, El Paso Confined Space Entry (CSET) discovered that a manhole near Interstate 10 had been used as an entry, and high levels of chlorine were detected at the site.
Agents intercepted and arrested 27 migrants before CSET found another illegal port of entry in the same area and apprehended an additional 43 migrants in the storm drains near Paisano Avenue.
A total of 69 migrants from Guatemala, Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras and El Salvador were arrested, CBP said.
Four unaccompanied juveniles from Mexico and Guatemala were among those apprehended, the agency added.
All migrants were medically evaluated and then processed for removal under Title 8.
“El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents continue to successfully disrupt dangerous human smuggling schemes and the illicit operations of transnational criminal organizations (TCO),” said El Paso Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Scott Good. --->READ MORE HERE
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 69 migrants inside El Paso’s stormwater drainage system this week, according to a news release sent out by the Border Patrol.
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, agents assigned to the El Paso Station were notified about a possible illegal entry into the U.S. near an area known as the Boone Storm Drain, east of the Bridge of the Americas international port of entry.
Agents assigned to the El Paso Station Confined Space Entry Team (CSET) responded and initiated a search, according to the news release.
They found an entry through a manhole near Interstate 10. High levels of chlorine were detected at the site.
Agents were able to intercept and apprehend a group of 27 migrants. Immediately thereafter, CSET agents responded to the same location for another entry. Agents intercepted and apprehended an additional 43 migrants exploiting the storm drains near Paisano Avenue.
A total of 69 migrants from Guatemala, Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras and El Salvador, including four unaccompanied juveniles from Mexico and Guatemala, were all arrested, according to Border Patrol.
All migrants were medically evaluated then processed for removal under Title 8. --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a relevant story:
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