Fourth illegal immigrant rescued in Presidio County

Border patrol agents found and rescued a fourth illegal immigrant Thursday evening in a group that was stranded near the brush fires in Presidio County, according to a news release from U.S. Border Patrol Marfa Sector spokesman Bill Brooks.

According to the release, the woman was found crying in Spanish for help below the "rim" in Presidio County, where agents were looking for her.

She was carried on the agents' backs to an area where a Department of Public Safety helicopter was able to take her to the Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine. She was later taken to a hospital in Odessa, where she was in stable condition Friday, the report said.

The woman was part of a group of six illegal immigrants in Presidio County that had been stranded there. Two of the group managed to hike back to Ojinaga in Mexico. Three others were found Wednesday.

The fire that was found while rescuing the first three immigrants grew to 1,550 acres but was 90 percent contained Friday, according to a separate release from the Texas Forest Service. The cause of the fire was not determined.