Border Patrol Finds Migrant Abandoned for 8 Days in California Border Area Wilderness
16 Mar 2021
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant who was abandoned by human smugglers for eight days. The smugglers left the migrant for dead when he could not keep up with the group.
Mexican consular officials notified El Centro Sector Border Foreign Operations Branch officials on March 12 of a call reporting a missing migrant. The caller reportedly told Mexican officials he entered the U.S. illegally with a group and that one member was abandoned after he fell behind, according to information obtained from El Centro Sector Border Patrol officials.