U.S. Border Patrol agents saved a drowning migrant teen who was crossing the Rio Grande River on Tuesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.The 13-year-old boy and his family, who are from Honduras, were crossing the river that draws the border between Texas and Mexico.“Words cannot express my gratitude nor convey the sense of pride I have for these agents," Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Raul L. Ortiz said in a prepared statement. "Without a doubt, their quick life-saving actions brought this young man back from the brink of death.”The unconscious boy was pulled from the river and successfully revived after CPR was utilized.The news came after a photo of a father and daughter who drowned attempting to cross into the United States was widely circulated.Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and 23-month-old Angie Valeria, who were fleeing El Salvador, were photographed Monday facedown in murky waters littered with weeds.

U.S. Border Patrol agents saved a drowning migrant teen who was crossing the Rio Grande River on Tuesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The 13-year-old boy and his family, who are from Honduras, were crossing the river that draws the border between Texas and Mexico.


“Words cannot express my gratitude nor convey the sense of pride I have for these agents," Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Raul L. Ortiz said in a prepared statement. "Without a doubt, their quick life-saving actions brought this young man back from the brink of death.”

The unconscious boy was pulled from the river and successfully revived after CPR was utilized.

The news came after a photo of a father and daughter who drowned attempting to cross into the United States was widely circulated.

Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and 23-month-old Angie Valeria, who were fleeing El Salvador, were photographed Monday facedown in murky waters littered with weeds.