C.B.P. News Release

Rio Grande City Border Patrol Rescues Elderly Couple

(Wednesday, July 15, 2009)

Rio Grande City, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City station rescued two elderly illegal immigrants suffering from dehydration near La Casita, Texas.

Tuesday evening, the Rio Grande City Border Patrol station received a call from an anonymous male caller notifying agents that his elderly relatives had been abandoned by their smuggler. The caller informed agents that his elderly relatives were lost and in distress.

The man gave agents a description of an abandoned barn, which agents determined to be near La Casita, Texas. Agents immediately acted on the information and located the couple (a husband and wife), ages 65 and 67. This couple was abandoned, without water, in temperatures reaching 100 degrees.

“Through their diligence and perseverance, Rio Grande City Border Patrol agents rescued the couple, abandoned by a merciless smuggler, from extreme conditions encountered in south Texas,â€