BP agents find missing girl


Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:25 AM MST


U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Naco station located an 11-year-old girl from Honduras Wednesday morning after she went missing in the mountains the previous evening. 


Agents apprehended a group of illegal aliens which included the missing girl’s eight-year-old sister. Agents were alerted by members of the group that the 11-year-old girl and their smuggler were missing.  Naco agents notified the Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR) who immediately dispatched a team to help with the search.  The girl was found alone in a canyon, but in good condition.  The smuggler had abandoned the girl when the group ran from approaching agents.  Smugglers will leave anyone who will slow down their escape from possible apprehension or could prevent them from benefiting off of their human cargo.

After transporting the girl to the Naco Station, the young siblings were reunited.  Both girls remain in good spirits and are being transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement. 

 

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    krysty wrote on Feb 25, 2010 11:11 AM:

    " i am sooooooo happy for the missing girl!!!!!!!!!!! "

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