Woman finds illegal immigrant hiding in her washroom

LA JOYA — A woman found an illegal immigrant hiding in her washroom Friday morning, police said.

Officers found the immigrant about 8:50 a.m. at a house in the Tierra Blanca subdivision, said Joe Cantu, a La Joya police spokesman. The man told police he had broken away from a group of about 15 immigrants from Cuba, El Salvador and India who had crossed into the United States illegally.

He said he left the group because someone tried to assault him, Cantu said.

U.S. Border Patrol agents detained the man, who was processed for deportation to his native country.