Border Patrol rescues distressed migrant in the mountains

OCOTILLO – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued an undocumented individual in the Jacumba wilderness region, early Monday mornin...

November 23, 2022
1:15 PM

OCOTILLO – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued an undocumented individual in the Jacumba wilderness region, early Monday morning.The incident occurred on Nov. 21 at approximately 4:40 a.m., when El Centro Sector's Foreign Operation Branch notified El Centro station about an undocumented individual in distress and in need of assistance. Agents in the field were notified of the distress call and responded to the last known GPS coordinates provided. At approximately 8:50 a.m., agents located the lost individual, two and a half miles north of the U.