(Border Patrol agents encounter two juveniles)....Both were US citizens.

It happened Thursday. At arond 5 am agents working the Indio area were notified of a 2013 KIA reported stolen out of Austin, Texas was traveling Westbound on Interstate 10. It was reported the vehicle had been involved in a pursuit after failing to yield to Las Cruces Border Patrol Agents on Wednbesday. At around 8 am El Centro Sector Intelligence Unit agents observed the vehicle at a gas station in Chiriaco Summit. When an agent attempted to contact the two individuals, one of the individuals got into the KIA and fled the scene. The other individual was placed under arrest. Agents began searching for the stolen KIA and later found it abandoned and stuck in a desert wash. At around 10 am, the second individual was found about 4 miles north of where the vehicle was found.. Both juvenies were turned over to the Riverside Sheriff's Office