Thread: Border Patrol Rescues 77 Illegals In Desert

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Border Patrol rescues 77 immigrants in desert

Associated Press
Apr. 20, 2005 07:30 AM

TUCSON - U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued nearly 80 undocumented immigrants in the desert after they overtook their smuggler and used his cellphone to call for help.

The 77 men, women and children were split into two groups, one of which wrote "HELP" in the sand to aid a search helicopter locate them, authorities said.

The immigrants had been traveling for about five days when many of them became sick and could not go on, said Rob Daniels, a Border Patrol spokesman. advertisement

When their guide was going to abandon them Monday, some of the immigrants ganged up on him and took away a phone they knew he was carrying and called 911.

The caller was able to provide agents with enough information to locate them in the desert north of the Village of San Pedro, on the Tohono O'odham reservation near the Silver Bell Mine.

Of the 77 immigrants, four were taken by ambulance to Sells for treatment.

Agents were not able to find the smuggler, Daniels said.

When their guide was going to abandon them Monday, some of the immigrants ganged up on him and took away a phone they knew he was carrying and called 911.

Too bad they couldn't have done a more thorough job on the coyote.

Last night I posted the other side's version of this from a Mexican newspaper and their take was that they were denied water,etc.

rickesteves:
Last night I posted the other side's version of this from a Mexican newspaper and their take was that they were denied water,etc.

For some odd reason, I am not surprised. Their press doesn't appear to make much of an effort to even SEEM like they are telling the truth.

http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.shtml

this is for those of you who like to search the news;thousands of newpapers from everywhere you can think of.

although our newspapers constantly cover the border it is rarely covered in the Latin American media.