Discovery of 54 migrants found hiding in US-Mexico river reveals new, shocking tactic smugglers are using to sneak people into US

Dozens of forbidden migrants were discovered hiding successful nan Rio Grande stream arsenic portion of a disturbing caller scheme hatched by migrant smugglers. 

Fifty-four group were recovered successful nan waters separating Mexico and Texas Tuesday aft being told to hide location by traffickers successful a bid to debar Border Patrol interception.  

While forbidden immigrants person agelong crossed nan stream to get into nan US, group usually effort to walk arsenic small clip arsenic imaginable successful it, since its fast-flowing currents are notorious for drowning people.

This is nan first clip officials successful nan El Paso, Texas area person seen migrants really instructed to enactment successful nan water, utilizing it arsenic cover, until nan seashore is clear and nan migrants tin beryllium picked up by a car to beryllium taken further into nan US. 

'This is nan largest group we ever rescue from nan river,' Daniel Medrano of nan Sunland Park Fire Department, 1 of respective rule enforcement agencies to respond, told KTSM.

Some of nan migrants had been wading successful nan h2o for 3 hours.

'Some of them were hiding astir nan bushes and also, immoderate group were successful nan water,' El Paso Fire Department spokesperson Enrique Duenas told KFOX.

The Border Patrol's El Paso Sector, which includes El Paso and each of Southern New Mexico, is presently nan 3rd busiest successful nan nation, pinch only Tucson and San Diego having much encounters. 

This portion of nan separator has go progressively deadly for migrants, galore who are dropping dormant of utmost heat. 

In nan period of May alone, 23,478 migrants were encountered by US officials successful El Paso. 

Nationwide, 241,022 migrants were stopped trying to participate illegally into nan US.

At slightest 2.2 cardinal migrants person walk done nan US' borders successful fiscal twelvemonth 2024, according to federal statistics. 

First responders sent successful 30 divers from different agencies to pluck nan separator crossers retired of nan river, since nan threat of drowning was considered imminent. 

Of nan migrants were already showing signs of hypothermia, moreover successful West Texas' triple digit temperatures. 

'We did person astir six (migrants) who were suffering from cold,' Medrano explained. 'They were successful nan h2o excessively long.'

Three migrants were hospitalized, but nan remainder were turned complete to nan Border Patrol to apt look deportation from nan US. 

Authorities successful this region person perpetually stressed that immoderate safe transition that is promised to migrants by smugglers are bold, look lies.  

'I person a connection for nan migrants: Crossing illegally is against nan rule and it is dangerous,” Medrano stated.