On Wednesday, two young Honduran brothers, ages 4 and 7, were found alone on the southern border of Texas, with only their address written on a piece of paper.
Texas state troopers encountered the brothers in a much larger group of 116 illegal immigrants, including 11 unaccompanied children, in Eagle Pass, Texas, according to Lt. Chris Olivares of the Texas Department of Public Safety. did.
Olivares said the brothers had a piece of paper with an Alabama address written on it.
Video of the encounter showed three of the children standing near the officer writing something on a piece of paper.
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A group of 116 illegal immigrants, including 11 unaccompanied children, were arrested Wednesday morning in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Texas DPS)
The officer told the children in Spanish, “You're going to throw this away. The other one is wet, so I'll give you this one.” “Please don't lose it as you will need it.”
Olivarez told Fox News Digital that the illegal immigrants came from a variety of countries, including Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala and Venezuela.
The immigrants were not charged with trespassing because they trespassed on federal or private land.
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A group of 116 illegal immigrants, including 11 unaccompanied children, were arrested Wednesday morning in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Texas DPS)
Still, Olivarez added the group and all the children were detained.
Last month, state police arrested a group of 101 illegal immigrants in Eagle Pass. Twenty-nine illegal immigrants were arrested and charged with trespassing.
More than 20 unaccompanied children between the ages of 3 and 15 were present during the same incident.
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As in Wednesday's incident, the illegal immigrants came from a variety of countries, including Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Brazil.
Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
