190604-H-VJ018-0008

On 06-04-2019 at approximately 1500 hrs, between 120-150 migrants were apprehended in the timespan of about an hour after they crossed the Rio Grand River in Los Ebonos west of McAllen TX. Smugglers guide the migrants across the river from Mexico in rafts that hold from 10 to 20 people. Once across, they are apprehended by Border Patrol Agents that start processing them in the field and then transport them to a Processing Center in McAllen TX.

 

Photos by Mani Albrecht

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Office of Public Affairs

Visual Communications Division

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