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The Border Patrol says agents in South Texas encountered several large groups of illegal immigrants last weekend. Agents in Starr County apprehended over 370 people in two large groups, while agents in Hidalgo County encountered another large group of more than 120 individuals. The Border Patrol says the groups contained adults and children from Central and South America, Cuba and Europe. Agents have encountered more than 100 large groups in the Rio Grande Valley since October of last year, apprehending more than 21-thousand individuals.