FALFURRIAS — Border Patrol agents responded to a 9-1-1 call from a smuggler stating he was abandoning a 13-year-old girl who had not had water in five days, according to a release.
FALFURRIAS — Border Patrol agents responded to a 9-1-1 call from a smuggler stating he was abandoning a 13-year-old girl who had not had water in five days, according to a release.
The smuggler told officials he was leaving the girl by a fence near a ranch in Brooks County. The agents who responded to the call located the 13-year-old girl and her 15-year-old sister who stayed behind with her, officials said.
Officials requested an ambulance and air and marine office helicopter to assist the young girl.
The elder girl provided officials with doctored identification cards but stated both girls were Mexican nationals. Agents contacted the Mexican consulate to verify the girls’ nationalities and ages. They have been unable to reach their parents.
The 13-year-old girl was flown to Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi then transferred to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi and remains in grave health, according to the news release.
