Four saved in mountain rescue

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents successfully aided four individuals who were lost in the mountains Monday night, a Customs and Border Protection news release stated.

The incident occurred around 11:32 p.m., when El Centro Sector Radio Communications was contacted by Grupo Beta regarding two individuals lost in the mountains near the Jacumba Wilderness.

The individuals stated they crossed through the mountains into the United States illegally, were unable to walk and have been lost for an entire day without food and water.

Dispatch relayed the information to the El Centro Sector Border Search Trauma and Rescue team, which responded immediately to the GPS coordinates provided by dispatch and Grupo Beta.

BORSTAR agents successfully located the two individuals, both adult Mexican men, on a hill approximately three miles south of Interstate 8.

While in route to rescue the two men, BORSTAR agents discovered two additional individuals approximately 200 meters away.

The two subjects, one man and one woman, had also become lost attempting to illegally enter the United States and were without food and water.

BORSTAR agents medically assessed all four individuals and provided them with food and water.

The individuals, who were all from Mexico, did not need further medical assistance.

BORSTAR agents determined that all four individuals crossed together, and that they were all illegally present in the United States.

The individuals were placed under arrest and transported to an immigration rally point for further processing.

The individuals, who were all adult undocumented immigrants, were expelled back to their country of origin, CBP said.