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Friday, September 2, 2005

Border Patrol rescues immigrant from canal

Louie Gilot
El Paso Times

An undocumented immigrant jumped into the American Canal west of the Paso del Norte Bridge after being spotted by Border Patrol agents and was rescued Wednesday, agency officials said.

Agents said they spotted three men trying to sneak into the United States about 4:40 p.m.

Two of the men retreated, but a third, an 18-year old migrant from Honduras, ran toward the canal and jumped in, despite repeated warnings from the agents, officials said.