Border Patrol detains two Guatemalans

Two citizens of Guatemala who were arrested Jan. 31 near Forks were among 10 people who were apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents operating out of the Blaine Sector office Jan. 31-Feb. 7.

One of the 10 — a Mexican national — asked to be deported, the Border Patrol said.

The Blaine sector includes Alaska, Oregon and the western half of Washington, but the Border Patrol report includes only arrests made in the western half of Washington.

The Guatemalan nationals arrested near Forks, apprehended during a vehicle stop, were processed for removal from the United States, the Border Patrol said.

The weekly report by the Border Patrol does not include arrests that lead to ongoing investigations.

It also includes only incidents of the Border Patrol’s choosing, does not include the gender of those arrested and is always limited to one page, regardless of the number of arrests made.

Unless otherwise noted, all of those arrested were processed for removal from the U.S.

Here’s the list, with information given by the Border Patrol:

■ Jan. 31 — Border Patrol agents who discovered footprints leading away from the U.S. border with Canada apprehended two citizens of Mexico hiding in the woods in an area east of Blaine.

One subject had a criminal history that included felony charges in 2006 for trafficking in illegal drugs.

The person had an active extraditable Clayton County, Ga., warrant for methamphetamine trafficking, which carries a minimum five-year sentence.

Arrangements were made to extradite the person to Georgia, and an immigration detainer was placed on the person.

■ Feb. 2 — Operators of a remote-video surveillance system saw a person illegally enter the U.S. from Canada near Blaine.

A Mexican national was discovered hiding in the woods just south of the border.

■ Feb. 2 — A Mexican citizen illegally in the U.S. went to the Border Patrol station in Bellingham and asked to be returned to Mexico.

The person was arrested and processed for removal under a prior order of removal.

■ Feb. 6 — A Border Patrol agent apprehended four citizens of India who were walking southbound from the international border in an area east of Sumas.