Border Agent Rescues Immigrant With Broken Ankle Hiding in El Paso Sewer

Five immigrants were captured this week trying to enter the U.S. illegally through the storm sewers under El Paso.Border agents took four people into custody about 10 a.m. Wednesday after they emerged from a drainage tunnel outside the Angry Owl restaurant near the border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.The agents searched the tunnels and found no one else that day. But a few days earlier, a woman with a broken ankle was rescued from the sewers by a border agent who had to carry her through the tunnels on his hands and knees. It's unclear how long the woman was injured in the tunnels.   Continue reading...

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