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US Border Patrol arrested 183 Brazilians who entered the country in the last 5 days. the world

US border agents detained 224 people in two groups who entered the country near Imperial Beach, California. The majority (183) were Brazilians, according to US Customs and Border Protection.

After Brazilians, Romanians and Colombians were the most common nationalities among prisoners (8 each). People have entered the United States illegally in the past five days.

The first group consisted of 123 people (the largest so far this year) and was detained on Saturday. Migrants crossed the border into the damaged area of ​​the wall separating the US and Mexico.

A second group, numbering 101, was detained on Tuesday as it crossed the culvert at the international border near Imperial Beach. According to the authorities, the smugglers used a blowtorch to cut the wires of the drainage pipe for people to pass through.

Of the 224 migrants, 167 were adults and 57 were accompanied by family members.

“I am proud of the efforts our agents make every day to continue to secure the border, especially considering the increase in border encounters over the past two years,” said San Diego Patrol Chief Aaron Heitke.

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