U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued two injured women, including one who was pregnant, stranded in the Otay Mountain Wilderness during a cold front, the agency announced on April 1.
The rescue began shortly after midnight on March 28 when agents from the Chula Vista Station responded to a distress call relayed by Mexican authorities. The two women, both Mexican nationals who had crossed the border illegally, were found in a remote canyon about six miles east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. Both reported ankle injuries and neither had food or water.
Due to poor weather, including dense fog and low cloud cover, emergency medical services could not immediately extract the women. Border Patrol’s Search, Trauma, and Rescue Team remained with the injured pair overnight and built a makeshift shelter to shield them from near-freezing temperatures….