UNENDING: Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of 399 migrants into the Brownsville Station area.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of 399 migrants into the Brownsville Station area of operations over the Christmas weekend.
Rio Grande Valley Station Chief Patrol Agent Glori I. Chavez tweeted photos of Brownsville Station agents apprehending yet another large migrant group. The group crossed the border on Dec. 22 shortly after other large groups crossed. Chavez reported the large group consisted of families and single adults. She added that the agents identified the migrants as citizens of Chile, Panama, and Peru, in addition to other nations.
The crossing of large migrant groups is a new tactic for human smugglers moving migrants to the Brownsville Station area of operations. This tactic has been utilized extensively in the McAllen area and points further to the west.
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