Border agents rescue migrants from desolate, rugged area of South Texas

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents made three migrant rescues in the rural South Texas brush, RGV Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez said Thursday.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Chavez tweeted that agents last week in Brooks County, where the Falfurrias checkpoint is located, "rescued two migrants in need of medical assistance."

She also tweeted that agents on the same day "found a severely dehydrated man who was lost for five days."

"All three people were left behind in ranches unable to keep up with their smugglers. Great Job by Our Agents!"

U.S. Border Patrol agent Ebenezar Oyenola looks for the remains of a deceased male migrant, Alfonso Nieto Valladares, 25, of Honduras, on a ranch in Brooks County on Thursday, June 3, 2021 in Encino, Texas. Increased numbers of adult migrants crossing the border illegally, avoiding U.S. Border Patrol by walking around checkpoints and dying in the brush. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias is the largest inland checkpoint on the Southwest border and is located about 65 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border in an area where one highway runs north out of the Rio Grande Valley.

The area is full of dangerous brush, rattlesnakes and sandy soil where migrants often struggle to keep up with groups and some get left behind.

Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@BorderReport.com.