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A group of illegal immigrants from two East African nations and and two Asian nations are expected to face a federal judge Monday morning.
Border Patrol agents caught the eight immigrants near Brownsville over the Halloween weekend.
Court records show Border Patrol agents caught three Eritrean immigrants after they allegedly crossed the Rio Grande on Friday.
Another group of immigrants from Nepal, China and Ethiopia was caught early Sunday morning after they waded across the Rio Grande late Saturday night.
Court records identified the immigrants as:
- Goitom Messazgi-Araya (Eritrea)
- Tedros Ghide-Ketema (Eritrea)
- Merhawi Zemichael-Gebremedhn (Eritrea)
- Salikram Bishwokarma (Nepal)
- Yu Gao (China)
- Wenxia You (China)
- Ming Ming Ou (China)
- Damench Hailu-Yifru (Ethiopia)
The eight immigrants are expected to appear before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Felix Recio in Brownsville on Monday morning.
Regional Border Patrol Spokesman John Lopez said agents have encountered immigrants from 72 nations other than Mexico.
Lopez said these other-than-Mexican immigrants end up in the Rio Grande Valley based on the smuggling arrangments they make in Mexico.
