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OCOTILLO — The Jacumba Wilderness Area near Ocotillo continues to be a frequent and high-risk point of entry for undocumented migrants crossing into the United States. U.S. Customs of Border Protection reported El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducted five more rescues in that area involving a total of 16 persons between Thursday and Monday. The first incident occurred Thursday about 1:36 p.m., when El Centro Sector Dispatch notified agents working in the field of a group of four persons in distress. One of the four individuals appeared to be showing signs of dehydration, accordin...

El Centro Border Patrol agents rescue lost migrants Group called for help from mountainous area near Ocotillo OCOTILLO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents have made yet another rescue in the Jacumba Wilderness area. Agents got a call from the El Centro Sector's Foreign Operations Branch (FOB) just before one Tuesday morning. FOB reported receiving a distress call from a group of four undocumented immigrants who had crossed into the U.S. illegally. The caller claimed he and his traveling companions were lost and had no food or wather. El Centro Station's Mountain Disru...

Details Written by Imperial Valley News Ocotillo, California - U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued two lost undocumented noncitizens, father and son, in the Jacumba Wilderness region near Ocotillo. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at approximately 4:45 p.m., when El Centro Sectors Foreign Operations Branch (FOB) notified El Centro Station agents that they had received a call from Grupo Beta, of a distress call made by a father and son who illegally crossed the United States/ Mexico international boundary. Grupo Beta is a service by the Natio...