Thread: AZ - Deer hunter spots possible border crossers

Adam Curtis
Herald/Review
Sat, 12/15/2012 - 12:24am

SIERRA VISTA— More than two dozen illegal immigrants were picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol after being discovered by a deer hunter on Friday morning.

Gary Lium said he was out hunting in the mountains behind Fort Huachuca when he noticed a lot of footprints. Down the road he said he ran into a large group of people in wet clothes and tennis shoes who were obviously freezing. After Lium called them in at about 10 a.m., Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents searched the area and were able to locate about 27 men, women and children, said Brent Cagen, spokesperson for the Border Patrol.

Lium said that one straggler had been missed and he went back to find him and brought him back. “I wouldn’t leave my dog up there wet and cold and freezing,” Lium said.

“About half of the subjects were transported to a local hospital for possible exposure. No additional information is available at this time,” Cagen said. “This is yet another example of the many dangers associated with crossing the Arizona/Mexico border illegally. Temperatures can drop to freezing in the winter and smugglers are not concerned with the safety of the people they are smuggling.”

One Old Vet

Deer hunter spots possible border crossers | The Sierra Vista Herald

Originally Posted by Jean

Adam Curtis
Herald/Review
Sat, 12/15/2012 - 12:24am

SIERRA VISTA— More than two dozen illegal immigrants were picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol after being discovered by a deer hunter on Friday morning.

Gary Lium said he was out hunting in the mountains behind Fort Huachuca when he noticed a lot of footprints. Down the road he said he ran into a large group of people in wet clothes and tennis shoes who were obviously freezing. After Lium called them in at about 10 a.m., Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents searched the area and were able to locate about 27 men, women and children, said Brent Cagen, spokesperson for the Border Patrol.

Lium said that one straggler had been missed and he went back to find him and brought him back. “I wouldn’t leave my dog up there wet and cold and freezing,” Lium said.

“About half of the subjects were transported to a local hospital for possible exposure. No additional information is available at this time,” Cagen said. “This is yet another example of the many dangers associated with crossing the Arizona/Mexico border illegally. Temperatures can drop to freezing in the winter and smugglers are not concerned with the safety of the people they are smuggling.”

One Old Vet

Deer hunter spots possible border crossers | The Sierra Vista Herald

Please tell us how secure the border is again, Janet!