Border Patrol: Tip leads to 69 illegal aliens in Edinburg field

**JohnDoe2** · 06-26-2013, 12:34 AM

Border Patrol: Tip leads to 69 unauthorized immigrants in Edinburg field

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Immigrants wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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An immigrant covers his face after he was detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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Immigrants get transferred to a charter bus after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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Immigrants wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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An immigrants gets patted down after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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Immigrants wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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Clothes belonging to immigrants are collected after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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A CBP helicopter surveillance an area after 69 immigrants were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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Medicine is held by an immigrant after he was detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

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Immigrants wait under a tree after they were detained by Border Patrol agents Tuesday June 25, 2013 at a field in Edinburg. A total of 69 immigrants were detained. photo by Gabe Hernandez/ gabrielh@themonitor.com

Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:47 pm
Border Patrol: Tip leads to 69 unauthorized immigrants in Edinburg field Ildefonso Ortiz | The Monitor The Monitor
Posted on June 25, 2013 by Ildefonso Ortiz
EDINBURG - Border Patrol agents arrested 69 immigrants after noon Tuesday who were suspected of entering the country illegally.
Several Border Patrol SUVs and helicopters converged on the area near the intersection of Hoehn and Chapin roads in Edinburg.
At the scene, agents rounded up dozens of unauthorized immigrants under a tree as they waited for a bus that would take them to the processing center, while a helicopter searched a brush-covered field for more such immigrants.
Border Patrol agents had received a tip Monday evening from a concerned neighbor who had noticed unusual vehicles driving around at odd times, said Border Patrol spokesman Enrique Mendiola.
Agents set up a surveillance operation Tuesday and called for backup after finding dozens of unauthorized immigrants hiding in the brush area, Mendiola said.
The property didn’t have a stash house; the immigrants had been staying in makeshift huts.
According to preliminary information gathered at the scene, the property was being used as a staging area, where the immigrants were being brought in groups of about eight and spent one or two days before being transported to the Falfurrias checkpoint, Mendiola said.
The immigrants appeared to be from Mexico and Central and South America, Mendiola said, and they were to be processed by Border Patrol agents who would also begin their deportation process.
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**southBronx** · 06-26-2013, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2