Border Patrol reports unusually large groups of migrants from Brazil, Venezuela
WENDY FRY The San Diego Union-Tribune
November 20, 2021 7:30 PM SAN DIEGO —
The San Diego area Border Patrol says it arrested two people during an operation targeting a human smuggling organization allegedly responsible for bringing large groups of mostly Venezuelan and Brazilian migrants to the Tijuana-San Diego border. The operation began after Border Patrol agents began encountering “unusually sized” groups of migrants from Brazil, Venezuela and Portugal, the agency said. Overall, the number of migrants taken into U.S. custody along the border with Mexico decreased for the third month in a row in October, after a sharp increase this summer, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released Nov. 15. CBP reported more than 164,000 apprehensions along the entire U.S.-Mexico border in October, which is a 23% drop from July.
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