U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered one of the largest groups of migrants in recent memory when a caravan of 509 people from Central and South America was stopped after illegally crossing the United States-Mexico border into Texas.
According to the Rio Grande Valley Sector, agents assigned to the McAllen Border Patrol Station were patrolling the border area near Hidalgo, Texas, when they came across the group, which was made up of 331 family members and 115 unaccompanied minors on Tuesday night. A total of 63 single adults were also part of the group, who were all taken into custody.
The encounter with the undocumented migrants is considered to the the largest to date in the Rio Grande Valley Sector since the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol sector started logging numbers in 2007.
The caravan was made up of migrants from Ecuador, Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
U.S. Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley Sector agents near Hidalgo, Texas, stopped a caravan of 509 migrants from Central and South America after they crossed the United States-Mexico border Tuesday. It's considered to be one of the largest group encountered byRio Grande Valley Sector agents since the department started keeping a log on apprehensions in 2007
The caravan of 509 migrants, including 115 unaccompanied minors, that was stopped and taken into custody Tuesday night was made up of citizens from Ecuador, Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents encountered 509 migrants near Hidalgo, Texas, on Tuesday night less than 24 hours after stopping a group of 336
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