Border Patrol catches people from Brazil, Africa, Pakistan in 2 days in Texas
Border Patrol catches people from Brazil, Africa, Pakistan in 2 days in Southwest Texas
Jen Guadarrama, San Angelo Standard-Times
Published 1:43 p.m. CT Nov. 14, 2019 | Updated 1:57 p.m. CT Nov. 14, 2019
Border Patrol agents resuscitated a 13-year-old Honduran boy Tuesday, June 25, 2019 after finding him submerged in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas. Contributed, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Station apprehended nearly 40 people in the country illegally this week, according to a news release.
Agents apprehended 36 nationals near the Del Rio Port of Entry on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Those apprehended came from Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil. Among the group were 14 children, the youngest being 9 months old, according to a Border Patrol news release.
On Tuesday, agents apprehended three people in the country illegally trying to circumvent a checkpoint on Highway 57 near Eagle Pass. One of the men was a 29-year-old native of Pakistan.
Information on the other two was not immediately available.
A Border Patrol spokesperson said, like other people apprehended by agents, the Pakistan native would be interviewed to determine why he is in the country. There was no immediate indication that the man was involved in other criminal activity, the spokesperson said.
Between Oct. 1, 2018 and Sept. 30 of this year, two Pakistan natives were apprehended in the Del Rio Sector, which includes 41 counties, 210 miles of the Rio Grande, spans 59,541 square miles, and reaches 300 miles into Texas from the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Migrants from all over the world continue to enter the United States through our borders illegally,” said Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Raul L. Ortiz. “It is imperative that those who wish to enter the United States do so through a port of entry rather than put their families in the hands of smugglers, and risk the treacherous Rio Grande River.”
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