Injured Migrant Woman Rescued in Rugged Arizona Desert Mountains near Border
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued an injured migrant woman after she was abandoned in the rugged Arizona mountains near the border with Mexico.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued an injured migrant woman after she was abandoned in the rugged Arizona mountains near the border with Mexico.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report that more than 4,700 migrants illegally crossed into Texas over the past weekend and, of those, at least 1,600 “got away” without being apprehended.
A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter aircrew operating in the remote West Texas Big Bend Sector captured video of a group of migrants attempting to flee on foot. The group of 32 migrants can be seen wearing camouflage to avoid detection and apprehension.
Border Patrol agents along the U.S. southwest border with Mexico apprehended more than 22,000 migrants since Friday. The migrant surge took place on the weekend leading up to the expected termination of the CDC’s Title 42 coronavirus protection protocol. A federal judge stopped the Biden Administration from ending the program on the announced May 23 date.
Whether Title 42 ends or not, migrants say they are tired of waiting and surged across the Rio Grande into the Eagle Pass, Texas, area of operations. As many as 3,600 crossed so far this weekend — eclipsing last weekend’s total of just over 2,800 migrant apprehensions in the Del Rio Sector — according to a source operating within U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued seven migrants who were swept away by strong currents in the Rio Grande. The rescues occurred in a single night crossing of the border river between Texas and Mexico.
Kevin Kiley, a Trump-endorsed congressional candidate for California’s third district, joined Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM with host Matthew Boyle and warned that the Biden administration is emulating California’s disastrous policies.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Mexican national on human smuggling charges following a traffic stop on Interstate Highway 75 near Micanopy. The alleged human smuggler reportedly admitted to transporting migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Texas.
More than a half-million migrants illegally crossed the southwest border with Mexico during a 10-week period ending on May 15. The record-setting mass migration crisis is overwhelming Border Patrol and NGO resources as they deal with the chaotic level of border crossings.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents recovered the bodies of three migrants in a single day this week who died after crossing the border.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents working along the Rio Grande border with Mexico encountered six large groups of migrants in two days. The agents apprehended a total of nearly 1,000 migrants who illegally crossed through two border-crossing points.
Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based sectors apprehended more than 63 percent of all migrants captured along the southwest border with Mexico. The agents apprehended more than 128,000 migrants just in the month of April — more than 750,000 in year-to-date reports.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents observed two migrants jumping out of a human smuggler’s vehicle during a pursuit near the border in California. The agents provided aid to the injured migrants and arrested the smuggler.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials honored five agents who put their own lives in danger to rescue two migrants locked inside the trunk of a burning vehicle. The vehicle caught fire as a human smuggler attempted to flee and avoid apprehension.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents continue to report the crossings of thousands of migrants from Mexico into Texas. Videos show multiple streams of migrants illegally crossing the Rio Grande, hundreds at a time.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials declared the borders of the United States “are not open” while releasing a report showing the apprehension of more than 200,000 migrants illegally crossing the border with Mexico.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents encountered five large groups of migrants who illegally crossed the border during a 31-hour period over the weekend. Three of the groups crossed within 10 hours of each other.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1,200 migrants in a single day over the past weekend. The apprehended migrants included citizens of four nations — including Turkey.
A migrant woman living in Texas told a South Texas border rancher that she “expects” the federal government to deliver her smuggled child to her. A migrant woman, apparently unknown to the family, smuggled the child across the Rio Grande after being handed the child by human smugglers.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrants who became lost in the Arizona desert after illegally crossing the border. Border Patrol teams responded to a 911 call and provided emergency medical assistance.
Hundreds of migrants continue crossing the border into an overwhelmed Texas border sector near Eagle Pass, Texas. At one crossing, only two Border Patrol agents were on hand to process more than 100 migrants.
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent will not face state charges in connection to the shooting death of a migrant who attempted to throw a large rock at the agent while attempting to flee. Investigators in Cochise County, Arizona, said the shooting was “justified.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to a border crossing in Laredo, Texas, seized more than 900 pounds of methamphetamine. The officers found the $18 million worth of drugs in a tractor-trailer attempting to enter the U.S. from Mexico.
A suspected human smuggler is in a South Texas jail after leading police on a pursuit that raced through three counties. The pursuit began when the suspected smuggler refused to stop for a traffic violation and ended with the arrest of the smuggler and five migrants.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents encountered a group of 68 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the Arizona desert. The migrants mostly came to the U.S. from Cuba.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 2,600 migrants during the Mother’s Day Weekend. Agents also interdicted 16 human smuggling loads, rescued 12 migrants, and recovered the remains of eight deceased migrants.
Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio and Rio Grande Valley Sectors apprehended more than 1,400 migrants in nine large groups after they illegally crossed from Mexico into Texas. The migrants came to the U.S. from multiple nations.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona filed charges against two Mexican nationals for their roles in an alleged human smuggling scheme that included extorting family members for the release of migrants being held for ransom. The suspects allegedly demanded a payment of $8,000 for each migrant being held against their will in Arizona.
Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents joined local law enforcement and first responders to rescue a group of Indian nationals crossing the Saint Regis River from Canada into New York. Their overloaded craft began to sink into near-freezing water.
A trio from Nashville pleaded guilty to smuggling millions of dollars worth of fentanyl and heroin into Texas and then on to several U.S. cities for a Mexican drug cartel. The group moved multiple drug loads from the border region to their final destination in Tennessee before being arrested by authorities last year.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended four large groups of migrants last week. The four groups totaled 685 migrants — mostly single adults.
Mexican authorities found the body of an Angolan migrant child who went missing on May 2 during an illegal border crossing near the Del Rio International Bridge. The young boy disappeared after being swept away along with his brother. The parents survived the crossing.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with state and federal aviation aircrews to locate and apprehend 20 migrants hiding in the mountains south of Van Horn, Texas.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a female U.S. citizen for allegedly smuggling a group of seven migrants near the border in Arizona.
Border Patrol agents in multiple southwest border sectors apprehended previously deported child sex offenders and violent gang members.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant woman found on a Texas ranch near the border. The woman became unconscious after sustaining an injury.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 29 migrants who had been packed by human smugglers into a motor home for transport through the desert near the Mexico border.
The apprehension of migrants illegally entering the U.S. between ports of entry along the southwest border set an all-time record for April arrests as agents took more than 201,000 into custody, according to unofficial sources within U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The report also reveals back-to-back months where Border Patrol agents apprehended at least 200,000 migrants.
Two cartel-connected human smugglers will spend five years in prison for leaving at least three migrants to die in South Texas while trying to trek around a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of more than 50 migrants after they illegally crossed the New River into California. Officials called the river “one of the most polluted bodies of water in North America.”