Immigrants saved from floodwater; 4 missing

Immigrants saved from floodwater; 4 missing

ASSOCIATED PRESS

July 28, 2006

NOGALES, Ariz. – Authorities rescued 34 illegal immigrants clinging to the sides of a flooded drainage tunnel in Nogales yesterday morning. However, four migrants were swept into the flowing Santa Cruz River.

U.S. Border Patrol agents, Nogales police and firefighters launched a search along several miles of the drainage canal and the river. The searches were called off hours later.

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The immigrants were trying to enter the United States through the Grand Tunnel, which runs from Nogales, Mexico, into Nogales, Ariz., when Border Patrol agents patrolling north of the downtown area discovered them trying to hold onto the drainage canal's concrete-lined walls, Border Patrol spokesman Jesus “Chuy” Rodriguez said.

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