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The authorities at Border Patrol said that about 128 immigrants believed abandoned by smugglers in a remote desert area at the Arizona border with Mexico are facing deportation.

According to agents at the Ajo Station who are patrolling near a border fence, the group included children - some as young as 4 - from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico.

The immigrants were found on Friday after apparently being brought to the border by human smugglers who remained in Mexico.

Authorities say all the immigrants were medically evaluated and determined to be in good health before they were processed and turned over to the enforcement removal operations within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Agents identified several adults in the group who had been earlier charged with immigration violations.

By Sowmya Sangam