Two agents found the sisters -- who are 4 and 6 years old -- alone in a marshy area along the Colorado River in Yuma.
US Border Patrol is working to reunite with their family two young girls found Tuesday wandering near Arizona's border with Mexico.
The area, south of Morelos Dam,"is an often-used crossing point by unaccompanied migrant juveniles," US Border Patrol Yuma Sector said in a post on its Facebook page. "A Yuma Sector agent, concerned about their safety, quickly approached the young girls, and escorted them to safer terrain," the post said, adding that the girls had a note that contained contact information for their tia, or aunt.
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