Large Group of Immigrants Arrested in NM

NEARLY 250 IMMIGRANTS ARE ARRESTED BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY. KOB TV REPORTS THE GROUP TURNED THEMSELVES IN TO THE AGENTS AT THE ANTELOPE WELLS PORT OF ENTRY. BORDER PATROL AGENTS SAY MOST OF THE IMMIGRANTS … 247 OF THEM … WERE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. AND THE GROUP INCLUDED FAMILIES WITH SMALL KIDS AND UNACCOMPANIED TEENS.

THEY WERE LOCATED EARLY WEDNESDAY AND SOME SAID THEY NEEDED MEDICAL TREATMENT. KOB TV REPORTS BORDER PATROL AGENTS SAY 24 GROUPS OF IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED INTO THE LORDSBURG AREA SINCE THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

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