95 Migrants Encountered in the New Mexico Desert
Release Date: March 25, 2022
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents from El Paso Sector encountered two large groups of migrants in the New Mexico desert on Thursday.
The first encounter occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m., when Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Lordsburg Station received information regarding possible lost individuals. Agents assigned to the Antelope Wells Forward Operating Base responded to the remote desert and encountered a group of 45 migrants, after an extended search, near the Alamo Hueco Mountains.
The group was comprised of 44 adults from Cuba and one tender-age unaccompanied child. Agents from the Lordsburg Border Patrol Station, Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue Unit, and Bureau of Land Management personnel performed a medical evaluation on site. Agents on-scene determined that no medical assistance was needed. All migrants were transported to the Central Processing Center in El Paso to be processed accordingly.
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