(Deming) – Two undocumented immigrant teenage boys from Mexico were rescued after being lost for several days in the area desert.
Luna County Undersheriff Arturo Baeza said dispatch received a call at just after 10 p.m. Thursday from the teens, who said they needed picked up but were unsure where they were.
The teens, described as 16- or 17-years-old, reportedly left Mexico four or five days ago.
They said they entered the U.S. near the boot-heel portion of New Mexico after leaving Mexico from the area of the El Camello Ranch.
Border Patrol agents were notified and a four-hour search for the boys began.
They were eventually located by Sheriff’s Corporal Jose Martinez at about 2:15 a.m. Friday five miles south of Interstate 10 near the Quincy overpass.
Baeza said the teens were dehydrated, hungry and disoriented, but otherwise seemed in good health.
Luna County Undersheriff Arturo Baeza said dispatch received a call at just after 10 p.m. Thursday from the teens, who said they needed picked up but were unsure where they were.
The teens, described as 16- or 17-years-old, reportedly left Mexico four or five days ago.
They said they entered the U.S. near the boot-heel portion of New Mexico after leaving Mexico from the area of the El Camello Ranch.
Border Patrol agents were notified and a four-hour search for the boys began.
They were eventually located by Sheriff’s Corporal Jose Martinez at about 2:15 a.m. Friday five miles south of Interstate 10 near the Quincy overpass.
Baeza said the teens were dehydrated, hungry and disoriented, but otherwise seemed in good health.
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