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Border Patrol officers rescued a 17 year-old woman who was trapped in the middle of the Rio Grande hanging on for life from an island in the middle of the river adjacent to International Bridge II.
Dennis Smith, spokesman for the US Border Patrol, informed The News Gram that the woman was at risk of being carried away by the current and with the cold weather she was in serious danger.
According to the report, the woman had used an inner tube to cross but she lost hold of the device and was able to hold on to some foliage which kept her from being swept away.
She was taken from the river and transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center.
Border patrol agents stated that she is of Honduran descent and she recovered from her injuries.
They are in the process of contacting the Honduran Consulate to be able to deport her.
According to the border patrol they have conducted seven such rescues of illegal immigrants in danger.