Tucson Sector

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four medically distressed migrants in two separate incidents in the Arizona desert and mountains.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of mostly Central American migrants early Tuesday morning. The agents took 231 into custody in the remote area west of the Lukeville Port of Entry.

An Ecuadorian migrant allegedly assaulted a Border Patrol agent on a mountain trail about 15 miles north of the Arizona border with Mexico. The Ecuadorian migrant was traveling with two Mexican migrants.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents continue to be overwhelmed by “large groups” of Central American migrants who exploit outdated border barriers to enter the U.S. in remote locations.

A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent sustained injuries after falling 15 feet while tracking a group of illegal aliens smuggling nearly 300 pounds of drugs. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew assisted in the rescue of the injured agent.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 12 sex offenders in March who illegally re-entered the U.S. The previous deportees utilized Central American migrant groups for cover.

A human smuggler in Arizona led Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents on a short pursuit after she reportedly fled an immigration checkpoint. The woman allegedly had two migrants locked in the trunk of her vehicle.

Border Patrol agents all along the U.S. southwestern border with Mexico continue to apprehend sex offenders who illegally re-enter the country after being deported.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 400 Central American migrant families after they illegally crossed the border in the Arizona desert over the weekend. The strategy of cartel-connected human smugglers continues to tie up Border Patrol resources.

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported violent criminal alien from Mexico with multiple arrests for kidnapping and attempted sexual assault near Lukeville, Arizona on Wednesday.

A National Guard aircrew assisted U.S. Border Patrol agents in apprehending a group of illegal aliens in the southern Arizona desert. Agents discovered one was carrying a small load of methamphetamine.

Border Patrol officials in the Tucson Sector said human smugglers are using large Central American migrant groups to tie up border security resources and disrupt operations.

Border Patrol agent in Arizona, Texas, and California apprehended multiple dangerous criminal aliens after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico.

Border Patrol agents in Arizona continue to deal with “large” migrant groups exploiting weaknesses in outdated border technology to illegally enter the U.S. Most recently, human smugglers coordinated the border crossing by a group of more than 170 who dug under a portion of a barrier in the Yuma Sector.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents rescued five migrants from freezing to death in a mountainous region of the Arizona-Mexico border.

Border Patrol agents along the U.S. southwest border with Mexico continue to arrest previously deported criminal aliens who exploit weaknesses in barrier technology to re-enter the country. Those criminal aliens include child sex offenders, violent criminals, and members of transnational criminal gangs.

Border Patrol agents in Arizona continue to be overwhelmed by large migrant groups who exploit the outdated fencing technology to gain entry into the U.S. from Mexico.

U.S. Army National Guard aircrews assigned to Operation Guardian Support helped Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector apprehend 75 migrants over the weekend.

Border Patrol agents along the southwestern U.S. border with Mexico continue to apprehend criminal sex offenders and dangerous gang members who exploit incomplete or outdated border barriers to regain entry into the U.S. after being deported.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials say that Mexican cartels continue to exploit outdated border barriers in Arizona to move their human cargo.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a previously deported criminal alien after he re-entered the U.S. with a group of migrants. An Arizona court previously convicted the Mexican national for armed robbery.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 325 Central American migrants after they illegally crossed into Arizona Thursday near Lukeville.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Sector apprehended a previously deported criminal alien with a violent history of sexual assault after he illegally re-entered the U.S.

Three human smugglers face prison time after pleading guilty to hauling illegal immigrants in the trunk of a car. One fled capture and crashed his vehicle–injuring the migrants in tow.

Two human smugglers pleaded guilty in an Arizona federal court to hauling a group of migrants into the U.S. in a nearly freezing tractor-trailer.

Border Patrol agents in Arizona and Texas stopped multiple previously deported sex offenders and members of violent gangs from making their way into the U.S. interior in the past week.

A Mexican migrant assaulted a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent after illegally crossing the border from Mexico on December 19. The agent had to be taken to a hospital for injuries sustained after being struck in the head with a rock.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents saved a Guatemalan migrant from drowning after he jumped into a cattle pond during an attempt to avoid arrest.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with law enforcement officials in Mexico to uncover an incomplete tunnel near the Port of Nogales DeConcini Crossing. Authorities said smugglers designed the tunnel to move drugs under the border and into Arizona.

The family of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is still waiting for answers about the U.S. government’s role in the circumstances leading to his December 2010 murder. Two firearms found at the crime scene were purchased through a federal gun-running scheme that became known as “Fast and Furious.”