Human Smuggling - Page 39

Federal officials arrested approximately 9,000 Indian migrants who entered the U.S. illegally during Fiscal Year 2018. This is nearly triple the number apprehended during the previous year.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector found the skeletal remains of a migrant who appeared to have died after illegally crossing the border from Mexico.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ajo Station in southwest Arizona apprehended nearly 270 migrants in less than 24 hours. The apprehensions illustrate the trend of migrant crossing in the dangerous Arizona desert continues in increasing numbers.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of migrants who smuggled themselves into the U.S. via freight train.

Border Patrol agents rescued an unresponsive toddler being carried by his mother who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into South Texas. The child was airlifted to a hospital in San Antonio due to their condition.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 650 Bangladeshi nationals this fiscal year. The number could hit near 700 by the end of the month–which concludes Fiscal Year 2018.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo Sector rescued a migrant who said he had been lost on a ranch for nine days without food or water.

Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector are witnessing significant increases in the number of migrants crossing illegally from Mexico. In roughly two weeks, four groups were apprehended–each consisting of more than 100 adults and children.

El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously-deported illegal immigrant accused of repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in Tennessee.

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested nearly 200 migrants, including families and unaccompanied minors, during a 33-hour period after they illegally crossed from Mexico. The sector has witnessed an increase of more than 100 percent of migrants attempting to make the dangerous trek across the Arizona desert.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 47 migrants from a locked tractor-trailer after the driver led the agents on a pursuit when he failed to stop for inspection at a checkpoint.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector stopped five previously deported sex offenders from successfully making their way back into the U.S. interior late last week.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents continue to lead the nation in the apprehension of Bangladeshi nationals who illegally cross the border from Mexico into Texas. More than 100 were arrested in the past three weeks — totaling 622 this fiscal year.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas rescued 55 migrants locked in a hot trailer. Temperatures reached nearly 100 degrees inside.

Un grupo de traficantes de humanos ligado a los carteles de la droga, intentaron mover un cargamento de más de 300 migrantes centroamericanos desde Monterrey a la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa, Tamaulipas; desde allí se esperaba que los migrantes cruzaran a Texas. El esfuerzo falló después de que los grupos intentaron usar varias brechas en un intento de rodear un puesto de control policial a lo largo de la carretera.

MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Cartel-connected human smugglers tried to move more than 300 Central American migrants from Monterrey to the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. From there, the migrants were expected to cross into Texas. The effort failed after the

El Centro Sector Border Patrol officials report a more than 200 percent increase in the number of human smuggling cases from immigration inspections at checkpoints in Southern California this fiscal year. The number of migrants arrested during these inspections also rose by more than 200 percent.

Cartel connected human smugglers stuffed close to 120 Central American migrants inside a tractor-trailer in an attempt to get them to the Texas border. State police officers stopped the truck and got medical services to 38 severely dehydrated children who were part of the group.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a group of 163 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the Arizona desert.

An Arizona mother, armed with a sidearm, took four children along for a human smuggling ride Sunday evening. The woman appeared to use three of her own children and a 5-year-old nephew as cover while she allegedly attempted to smuggle an illegal immigrant through a Border Patrol inspection checkpoint.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued an exhausted mother and her two young daughters who were being marched through the brush after illegally crossing from Mexico.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a female truck driver after they found 62 migrants locked in her refrigerated trailer.

Border Patrol agents and Brooks County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a call about a deceased migrant found on a ranch in South Texas. The Mexican migrant is the 35th person to die in this single Texas county located about 80 miles north of the U.S.- Mexico border.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested several Salvadoran nationals who illegally crossed the border from Mexico. They were identified as members of the hyperviolent transnational criminal gang known as Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents continue to disrupt drug and human smuggling efforts at immigration checkpoints on highways leading away from the Mexican border.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector arrested five Bangladeshi nationals on Friday, bringing this year’s total to 541–nearly triple Fiscal Year 2017’s tally of 181.

Agents assigned to the Laredo Sector arrested a former recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on charges of human smuggling after a call for assistance from Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested a large group of migrants on Tuesday afternoon. The group included men, women, and children from Guatemala.

The number of migrants who died after illegally crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S. since 2014 rose by nearly 180 percent. So far this year, 260 lost their lives near the U.S-Mexico Border–mostly during or shortly after their crossings.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two human smugglers and eight migrants following two separate pursuits. In both cases, the smugglers failed to yield when the agents attempted to stop them for immigration inspections.

Border Patrol agents in the Big Bend Sector teamed up with local and federal agencies to carry out a series of migrant rescues. The efforts led to the saving of several migrants abandoned by human smugglers.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias Checkpoint found 27 migrants locked in the back of two commercial rental trucks in separate incidents this week. The smuggled include at least one unaccompanied minor.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 20 more illegal immigrants from Bangladesh–a country with known ties to terrorism. Laredo Sector agents arrested nearly 520 Bangladeshi nationals since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2018 last October.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested a human smuggler who allegedly had nearly 80 illegal aliens locked inside a refrigerated tractor-trailer. The driver initially fled from the Border Patrol immigration checkpoint in an attempt to avoid arrest.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Sarita immigration checkpoint in South Texas stopped a tractor-trailer loaded with migrants and seized nearly $2 million in cocaine in two separate incidents this week.

The number of unaccompanied minors arrested after illegally crossing the border between ports of entry fell in July by 23 percent. The decrease follows enhanced enforcement actions by the Trump Administration and the implementation of a “zero tolerance” policy.