Dehydrated siblings rescued by Border Patrol in remote wilderness

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A pair of young siblings from Mexico were rescued by Border Patrol agents during last week’s heat wave as they were attempting to enter the U.S. illegally, authorities said.

On Wednesday around 4 p.m., San Diego Sector agents assigned to the Brownfield Border Patrol Station encountered a severely dehydrated 16-year-old boy who was unaccompanied in the remote Otay Mountain Wilderness, located east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.

According to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents requested emergency medical services and the boy was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment due to his condition.

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The rescue came as communities in the valleys and mountain areas of San Diego County were under heat advisories on Wednesday, with an extreme heat warning of triple-digit temperatures in the desert communities…

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