Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector rescued two migrants who became lost while hiking through ranches in South Texas. Agents assigned to an immigration inspection checkpoint discovered 32 foreign nationals packed in the back of a tractor-trailer.

B0rder Patrol agents received a call for assistance from an illegal immigrant who became lost on Tuesday on a ranch northwest of Hebbronville, Texas. Hebbronville is located about 55 miles northeast of the Mexican border with Texas. Human smugglers often force migrants to march through the ranches in this area to avoid capture at Border Patrol inspection checkpoints. This frequently puts the migrants in danger of death or serious injury when they become lost or fall behind.

The agents arrested the migrant and later identified him as a Mexican national illegally present in the U.S., according to information obtained by Breitbart Texas from U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.

Later that day, agents working near the border town of Zapata received a call for assistance from another illegal immigrant from Mexico who could no longer walk because of “excruciating pain” in his feet, officials said. An agent who is certified as an Emergency Medical Attention provided medical assistance to the man before agents transported him to the station for processing.