Thursday, February 14, 2019.
The incident occurred at around 3 p.m when the migrant female went into the Rio
Grande River in hopes of either crossing or being picked up by the United States Border
Patrol.
The female and child, however, were stuck in a rock formation that is on the Mexican
boundary in the Rio Grande River.
Therefore, personnel from the National Institute of Migration (Grupo BETA) initiated the
rescue.
The incident lasted more than an hour, as the officials attempted to convince the female
to be rescued and taken back onto Mexican soil.
The female refused, and stated she wanted to be picked up and detained by the U.S.
Border Patrol.
The group was finally able to convince the female to get in the rescue craft with them
and was then transported back into Mexico.
These type of incidents continue occurring on a daily
basis. Ironically the spike in migrant rescues in our community coincides with the
arrival of over 1,800 undocumented migrants from Central America into Piedras
Negrs, Coahuila.