Seven Mexicans. Stranded fleeing at night over the frozen Manitoba border. Also rescued: Two additional men thought to be human smugglers. Image: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Had circumvented 24/7 Warroad border crossing
WARROAD, Minn. — Nine men, all illegal aliens, seven of them Mexican, were rescued from a freezing bog eight miles south of the Canada border. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had received an emergency call from the group and notified the U.S. Border Patrol. Rescuers wearing protective suits waded into a freezing bog about 5:20 a.m. and provided medical treatment and brought the men out. Frostbite was an issue. The seven aliens, age 19 to 46, were turned over immigration custody. The other two men, it was thought, were coyote smugglers.
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