Video: Border Patrol agents revive teen found submerged in Rio Grande near Eagle Pass
John Tufts, San Angelo Standard-Times Published 2:45 p.m. CT June 27, 2019 | Updated 9:02 p.m. CT June 27, 2019
Border Patrol agents stationed at Eagle Pass saved the life of a drowning teenager from Honduras after he and his family tried to cross the Rio Grande, according to a news release.
On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Border Patrol agents near the Eagle Pass Port of Entry saw two people struggling to stay afloat in the Rio Grande, according to a release.
As agents assisted the couple, they saw a third person, a 13-year-old male, a short distance downstream submerged in the river. Agents pulled the unconscious teen who was not breathing aboard their vessel, the news release states.
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