Border Patrol agents apprehend group of over 200 migrants near downtown El Paso
Border Patrol agents apprehend group of over 200 migrants near downtown El Paso
by Erika Esquivel
Thursday, May 2nd 2019
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EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Officials with the Border Patrol apprehended a group of 219 migrants near downtown El Paso on Wednesday morning.
The migrants were crossing the border and entered the U.S. illegally near the downtown wall around 2:10 a.m. according to Border Patrol officials.
The group were mostly compromised of Central American families and unaccompanied minors.
Border agents also apprehended a group of 243 migrants near the Antelope Wells, New Mexico, port of entry on Wednesday morning.
Thursday morning border agents apprehended a third group of 209 migrants, also in Antelope Wells.
A total of more than 670 migrants in the three groups were apprehended by agents within 24 hours.
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