Rescues by United States Border Patrol

The United States Border Patrol continue to monitor areas in an attempt to preserve human life while maintaining our national security.

On June 24, Border Patrol agents observed a father and small child attempting to cross the Rio Grande River near the  Eagle Pass Port of Entry. As they were wading across the water, agents saw the child, holding the hand of her father, struggling to stay afloat. The fast-flowing water submerged the child several times. Agents moved in quickly with their patrol boat and pulled the father and child aboard their vessel.

An EMT agent was on scene to evaluate both the father and child, both Honduran nationals. The father declined medical attention. The two-year-old child was transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for further evaluation as a precaution. After being released from the hospital, both father and child were processed per CBP guidelines.

Two illegal aliens are alive today thanks to the quick action of two U.S. Army soldiers and the U.S. Border Patrol. The pair were rescued from canal waters on the U.S. border in El Paso on June 20. One soldier jumped into the water to rescue the woman and her child, while the other used his shirt as a makeshift lifeline until U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived and threw them a rescue line. The soldiers and Border Patrol agents safely rescued the pair and no injuries were reported.

Just after midnight June 20, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Paso Sector were contacted by the Mexican Consulate regarding a lost group of illegal aliens. The consulate informed agents that a group of illegal aliens had to contact their office to seek rescue because they were in distress with no food or water. The Mexican Consulate was able to provide agents with coordinates of the general location where they believed the aliens were. Border Patrol agents from the Deming Border Patrol Station were dispatched to the area. After an exhaustive and strenuous search, agents found the group in the middle of the Cedar Mountains, southwest of Deming. This particular area is very mountainous and still very far from any major roads or cities.

The group, made up of five adult Mexican nationals, was provided a field medical screening, and cleared for transport to the Deming Border Patrol Station. Upon arrival at the station, the group was also given a more thorough medical examination by emergency medical personnel. All five subjects were found to be healthy and did not require any additional medical attention.