Border Patrol agents arrest 17 men in Maine
Border Patrol agents stationed in Rangeley say 17 men came from five different countries and were arrested for immigration-related offenses.
Author: Beth McEvoy
Published: 11:07 AM EST November 13, 2019
Updated: 11:19 AM EST November 13, 2019
RANGELEY, Maine — Border Patrol agents arrested 17 men during three separate incidents beginning on Saturday, November 9.
Agents stationed in Rangeley say the men they arrested came from five different countries and were charged with immigration-related offenses.
The 12 Mexican men who agents arrested in Auburn on Saturday were working locally. The men came to the U.S. legally with H2A non-immigrant visas and had been agricultural workers in Texas, but they were supposed to leave in August, according to Jason Owens, Chief Patrol Agent of the Border Patrol in Maine.
On Sunday, Nov. 10, Border Patrol agents arrested two men from Ecuador and one from Honduras in Stratton. Agents say they came to the U.S. illegally, walking across the U.S.-Mexican border.
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