U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued a 3-year-old migrant boy after he was found Tuesday abandoned in a Texas cornfield with his name and a phone number written on his shoes. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
U.S. Border Patrol agents found a 3-year-old migrant alone in a cornfield at the border between Mexico and Texas on Tuesday morning, according to Customs and Border Protection officials.
The boy, who was crying when agents found him in a cornfield near Brownsville, Texas, was identified only by a phone number and his name written on his shoes, NBC reports.
The agents have taken the boy to a U.S. border station and are trying to find his parents using the number on his shoes, the officials said. So far, they have been unsuccessful.
Rudy Karish, the chief Border Patrol agent in the Rio Grande Valley, said he believes the boy was left by smugglers. Karish said he believes the boy was with a larger group. When the group was encountered by agents, the adults ran away and left the boy alone.
