EDINBURG — In less than 12 hours, agents responded to four 911 emergency calls and two other incidents that required emergency medical intervention.
McAllen agents working in Penitas, Texas, observed several illegal aliens running north in an irrigation ditch in an attempt to conceal themselves. Agents successfully apprehended seven subjects and requested assistance to transport the group to the station. While waiting for transportation, a Border Patrol Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) conducted a second search of the immediate area and located an exhausted Mexican national who displayed dehydration symptoms due to the high temperatures typically found in in South Texas. The ...