El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 10 migrants who became lost and distressed in the heat of California desert after illegally crossing the border from Mexico. The rescued migrants included a 14-year-old girl who became extremely overheated and dehydrated.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew teamed up with a Coast Guard vessel to rescue 14 people from a capsized human smuggling boat. During the interdiction, officials found three packages containing 82 pounds of methamphetamine in the water off the coast of San Diego, California.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three migrants who became lost and dehydrated in the desert in two incidents over the weekend. A video tweeted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan shows a Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) paramedic agent responding to assist in the rescue.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents carried out five separate rescues of migrants in distress in desert and wilderness areas near the Mexican border. The rescues led to the saving of two small children and 15 adults.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant woman and an unaccompanied minor after smugglers abandoned them in the Jacumba Wilderness. The smugglers abandoned the pair after the minor sprained his ankle.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents recovered the bodies of two migrants who died after being abandoned in the 100-plus degree heat of the Arizona desert. Agents rescued a third migrant who managed to call for help.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents carried out four separate rescue operations during an 18-hour period last week. The operations resulted in the rescue of seven illegal aliens in distress in the Jacumba Wilderness Region in Southern California.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas carried out multiple rescues of migrants as summertime temperatures approached the century mark. Agents rescued at least four who became distressed or dehydrated after illegally crossing the border from Mexico and one who suffered a snake bite while attempting to sneak around an interior immigration checkpoint.
One migrant is dead and three others were rescued after trying to illegally enter the United States in South Texas. With temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, agents rescued three migrants in distress, found one dead, and apprehended a group of others.
Snake bites and dehydration from severe heat in the California desert mountains led migrants to call on Border Patrol for aid, which led to multiple air extractions and apprehensions.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents rescued seven migrants in separate incidents in the Arizona desert and mountains over the past several days. Several required immediate medical attention and hospitalization due to the heat and lack of water.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant who nearly died from the extreme heat along the Texas border with Mexico. The rescue marks the 222nd time this fiscal year that agents in this single sector have rescued migrants being smuggled into the U.S.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued one migrant and found another deceased after they were abandoned by their group as they attempted to circumvent an interior immigration checkpoint near Hebbronville, Texas, on June 7.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents carried out a 36-hour search operation leading to the rescue of a Mexican man who had been lost in the Texas desert for five days.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrants who became lost on a Texas ranch 80 miles from the border with Mexico. In a separate incident, agents found the remains of a deceased migrant while patrolling the Rio Grande on foot.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three migrants who became lost in the desert for two days. The migrants were in distress from the heat and lack of water, officials stated.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) helicopter aircrews facilitated the rescue of multiple migrants who became lost and dehydrated in the Arizona desert. The rescues on Thursday led to the hospitalization of one severely dehydrated woman and the rescue of several others in the Yuma Sector.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrants from almost drowning in California border canals near Calexico late last week. The migrants were attempting to illegally enter the United States when they got in trouble with the swift-moving water.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrants who became lost after illegally crossing the border from Mexico. The rescues come as more migrants attempt to avoid apprehension and the heat of the Texas summer approaches.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents carried out multiple rescues of migrants who became distressed in the dangerously hot conditions of the Arizona and California deserts.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant who became lost in the desert without water. After two days, the man developed blisters from dehydration.
A search and rescue operation involving federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies led to the rescue of two migrants lost in the Arizona desert near Gila Bend.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four illegal border crossers who became lost in the Jacumba Mountain Wilderness on April 23. The agents found the four people severely dehydrated but otherwise in good health before processing them for return to Mexico.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew teamed up with Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents to rescue a Mexican man in the Arizona desert. The man entered the U.S. illegally and became dehydrated and lost.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents and other first responders teamed up to rescue a group of Mexican migrants who were abandoned in inclement conditions in the Otay Mountains of Southern California. The group of five illegal aliens included a minor.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued five migrants from the Rio Grande as they attempted to illegally cross from Mexico into Texas.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued an injured 15-year-old girl who Mexican cartel-connected human smugglers abandoned in the middle of the Rio Grande.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents and an Air and Marine Operations aircrew teamed up to rescue a migrant who became lost after being abandoned by human smugglers without food or water.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a pair of migrants who became stranded in cold conditions in the mountains near the California border with Mexico.
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents rescued a migrant who became injured near the Texas border with Mexico. Human smugglers abandoned and left him to die after he could no longer keep pace.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a Mexican migrant after he injured his leg in a canyon past the California border with Mexico. Human smugglers abandoned the man after he suffered a “severe leg injury” and left him to die.
Human smugglers from Mexico forced 16 migrants to jump into the Pacific Ocean about one mile off the California coast near Del Mar. Three are missing after what officials called a “dump and run” smuggling tactic.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two migrants in the mountains near the California border with Mexico. Three others succumbed to the inclement weather conditions despite efforts to save their lives.
An attempted human smuggling incident ended with the death of one migrant, another hospitalized in grave condition, and an alleged smuggler in jail. The incident happened in rough seas off the southern California coast.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant who became unresponsive due to dehydration and drug intoxication. The agents found the man with four other migrants on a remote ranch north of the U.S.-Mexico Border.
While families across the U.S. celebrated Christmas Eve, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents responded to an emergency beacon in the Arizona desert and rescued a migrant family. The three family members included an infant.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 27 migrants from a freezing trailer at an immigration checkpoint.
Del Rio Sector Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Brady Waikel told Breitbart News that “nothing crosses the river in this area without a payment being made” to Mexican cartels. His comments came during a recent roundtable discussion between Del Rio Sector leadership and Breitbart News.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 22 migrants from California wilderness areas during a 24-hour period ending on Friday. The rescues followed the onset of bad weather in the area. At about noon on Friday, the San Diego Sheriff’s
Rescue beacons placed in the Arizona desert by Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials led to the rescue of five migrants on Monday.