Thread: AZ-Border Patrol rescues woman and 2 girls SW of Tucson

Border Patrol rescues woman and 2 girls SW of Tucson
By Brady McCombs
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.13.2008
Border Patrol agents rescued a mother and her two small daughters after the three became lost in the desert on the Tohono O’odham Reservation Tuesday.
They also found more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana in a van Wednesday morning in Cochise County.
The rescue began Tuesday morning when Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a woman who said she and her two small children were lost in the desert southwest of the village of Cowlic on the Tohono O’odham Reservation, said Rob Daniels, Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman. Cowlic is located about 65 miles southwest of Tucson.
The call was patched through to the Border Patrol, which responded by launching a ground and air rescue that included Borstar agents; the agency’s search, trauma and rescue team. At noon, they found the woman, 21, of Sonora, Mexico, and her daughters, 2, and 4, in good condition, Daniels said.
Its unclear how they became lost, he said. They were taken to the law enforcement center at San Miguel, processed and then given voluntary return to Mexico.
From October through July, agents in the Tucson Sector had rescued 382 illegal immigrants, compared to 523 the previous year, agency figures show.
The drug seizure occurred early Wednesday at 3:45 a.m. on Rucker Canyon Road, located about 50 miles north of the U.S.-Mexican border, north of Douglas. There, agents spotted a van driving erractically at high speeds.
They attempted to make a vehicle stop but before they came up on the van, the driver pulled to the side of the road and jumped out. Agents found 23 bundles of marijuana in the van weighing a total of 1,005 pounds, Daniels said.
Shortly after, they found the driver, a U.S. citizen woman, and arrested her. The van and the marijuana were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
From October through July, agents in the Tucson Sector had seized 719,749 pounds of marijuana, down 6 percent from the record-breaking 2007, agency figures show.
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Contact reporter Brady McCombs at 573-4213 or bmccombs@azstarnet.com.


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She should go to jail for child abuse.

HOW can any one with a little sense subject a 2 and 4 year-old to taking this kind of chance. Great mother and good she is to be deported because we like to prosecute for child endangerment.

How much would you like to bet she did not self deport! 2 more kids that will live here for the next 15 years and then complain because they are being forced to return to the country they no nothing about.