The chief patrol agent for the Del Rio Sector warned about the increasing dangers in the Rio Grande area near Eagle Pass. The area is seeing heavy rains that are driving currents up in an area of the Rio Grande where 9 migrants were killed in one crossing.
“This warning is of extreme importance. The currents in the Rio Grande are becoming more dangerous because of recent and continued rainfall. More rain is expected for the next week.” Breitbart Texas Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens stated in a statement. “Despite these adverse conditions, U.S. Border Patrol, Del Rio Sector continues to encounter large groups of more than 100+, 200+ attempting to cross the Rio Grande daily.”
Our Riverine agents use the airboat as an essential tool. These boats are extremely maneuverable, and can run in very shallow waters. They provide an alternative method for transportation to our Riverine agents and help us to rescue many people on the Rio Grande. pic.twitter.com/5ZIXzxb5Rg
— Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens (@USBPChiefDRT) September 2, 2022
“Five people have been killed trying to cross the area in recent days,” Owens said. We ask everyone to avoid illegal crossings .”
in an effort to save lives.
Chief Owens referenced an incident from Thursday where a group of more than 50 migrants crossed in a single crossing. Breitbart Texas reported for the first time that many migrants in that group were being swept away into the currents.
Agents found four dead migrants in the river on Thursday afternoon. On Saturday, the number had risen to nine.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers also published Chief Owens’ statement in Spanish:
Esta es una advertencia de extrema importancia; las corrientes del Rio Bravo se han vuelto mas peligrosas debido a las lluvias recientes y continuas y se pronostica mas lluvia para la proxima semana. A pesar de estas condiciones adversas, la Patrulla Fronteriza de los EE. UU., Sector Del Rio, continua encontrando grupos grandes de mas de 100 o mas de 200 que intentan cruzar el Rio Grande diariamente.
Hasta la fecha, al menos nueve personas han muerto en los ultimos dias al intentar cruzar esta zona. En un esfuerzo por evitar mas perdidas de vidas, les pedimos a todos que eviten cruzar ilegalmente.
Esta es una situacion en evolucion y se proporcionaran actualizaciones segun sea necesario.
Despite the increasing dangers of the swiftly moving currents of the Rio Grande, a group of 362 migrants crossed the river in a single group on Saturday morning, Breitbart Texas reported.
The nearly 400 migrants crossed in nearly the same area where this week’s drownings occurred.
More than 52,000 migrants crossed the Rio Grande into the Del Rio Sector in August — making it the busiest sector in the nation for the second month in a row, Breitbart reported.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. Price is an original Breitbart Texas member. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Face
