Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two Central Americans and identified them as members of the 18th Street gang. The arrests occurred in two separate incidents near the Texas-Mexico border.
Human smugglers led Border Patrol on multiple pursuits, ending in the apprehension of several migrants and the recovery of two stolen vehicles. At least one chase resulted in a crash involving an innocent motorist.
A South Texas rancher notified Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents after finding the remains of a deceased migrant nearly 50 miles from the Mexican border.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of mostly Central American migrants marching through a ranch located about 60 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border. The group included an unaccompanied minor.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 31 illegal immigrants in four separate smuggling incidents.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents arrested a member of the 18th Street gang who is also wanted for sexual battery in Tennessee.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents witnesses a human smuggler crash a pickup truck loaded with 16 migrants through a rancher’s gate and into a fence. Fortunately, no one was injured in the crash.
The heat of the South Texas summer forces Border Patrol agents to carry out an increasing number of rescues for migrants abandoned by their human smugglers. Agents in the Laredo Sector found three in distress over the weekend.
Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector stopped a previously deported Mexican national who served prison time for murder and an MS-13 member from El Salvador from successfully making their way into the U.S. interior.
Rising temperatures near the Texas-Mexico Border are tasking Border Patrol agents with increasing numbers of rescues and body recoveries.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo Sector rescued an illegal immigrant abandoned on a ranch without water.
