Teen says he was sexual assaulted at Border Patrol station
Teen says he was sexual assaulted at Border Patrol station
by Nadia Galindo
06.30.2014
One Central American teenager claims he was sexually abused while being held in custody at a Border Patrol station in the Rio Grande Valley.
Starr County Sheriff's Office officials confirmed an ongoing investigation into the incident.
Investigators said the male juvenile was being held in a cell with other immigrants when he claimed he was attacked by another male while at the Border Patrol Station in Starr County.
Deputies told Action 4 News the teen kept the incident a secret until he was transferred out of the Valley to an facility upstate.
The Valley is currently receiving a large influx of unaccompanied children and women from Central America.
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