Texas DPS Aircrew Rescues 2 Migrants Abandoned in West Texas Border Desert

A Texas DPS helicopter aircrew rescues a migrant man and woman near Sierra Blanca. (U.S. B
U.S. Border Patrol/Big Bend Sector

A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter aircrew assisted in the rescue of a migrant man and woman who had been abandoned in the Big Bend region desert near Sierra Blanca. The aircrew responded to the area after hearing radio traffic regarding the lost migrants.

The Texas DPS aircrew joined in the search for a pair of migrants on Sunday, according to a tweet from Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean L. McGoffin. A male migrant on the ground caught the aircrew’s attention by waving a white shirt in the air. The crew observed a female migrant laying in a shaded area along a dry creek bed.

McGoffin reported the aircrew landed and provided water to the two migrants suspected of having illegally crossed the border from Mexico. The migrants told the helicopter aircrew they had been without food or water for two days.

The agents transported the migrants to a helipad at the Border Patrol’s Sierra Blanca Station. Agents took custody of the two migrants.

The helicopter crew is operating under Operation Lone Star.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

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