The Brownsville Herald
HIDALGO, Texas -- While driving along the winding dirt roads that line the Rio Grande, Border Patrolman Roy Cervantes received a call he has become accustomed to hearing.
Six men and five women had been caught trying to cross the river illegally. All were from El Salvador.
According the Border Patrol, 24,373 Salvadorans were apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley during the last fiscal year, making them the most commonly apprehended other than Mexican, or OTM, group in the area.
Posted by Tyne at July 21, 2006