Border Patrol Agents Rescue 8 Migrants, Fellow Agent during Heat Wave

Over the weekend south of Casa Grande, Border Patrol agents rescued a total of 8 illegal immigrants and rendered assistance to a fellow agent during several rescue incidents.

A Casa Grande Border Patrol agent became ill from the excessive heat and had to be air-lifted to a hospital for treatment while agents were searching for a group of suspected illegal aliens on a remote mountain trail. The agent was subsequently treated and released.

Early Saturday evening, agents received a 911 call from two male Mexican nationals, ages 36 and 45, claiming to be lost in the desert. The callers, both illegal aliens, were found a short time later and were provided food and water.

Casa Grande Station agents responding to a rescue distress call on Sunday encountered a 36-year-old Mexican man who had entered the country illegally. The man was evaluated and treated for heat-related injuries by a medically-trained Border Patrol agent.

Approximately two hours later, another distress call was received from a group of illegal aliens claiming to be lost. Agents searched the area described by the callers and encountered five men ages 17 through 49.

The group, comprised of Mexican nationals, said they were abandoned by their smuggler and ran out of water several hours earlier in the day. Although distressed, no one required medical attention.

All persons arrested during the incidents were transported to the Casa Grande Station for further processing on immigration violations.

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