A group of men from Mexico who tried to trek through rough Texas mountains with bundles of drugs are facing lengthy prison sentences after receiving a conviction on federal drug trafficking charges.
A Texas prison warden and his brother face manslaughter charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a migrant and for allegedly injuring another. The migrants were drinking water from a reservoir at the time of the shooting.
Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based sectors apprehended nearly 117,000 migrants in August, according to a source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents continue to find migrants near death from heat exposure. Agents put their own lives in danger to carry out rescues of migrants who illegally cross the border into the desolate region.
Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based border sectors apprehended nearly 26,000 migrants during a six-day period ending on July 9. Nearly 10,000 of those crossed into a single Texas border town. In response to the growing Texas border crisis, Governor Greg Abbott orders law enforcement and National Guard soldiers to arrest migrants and return them to the border.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents utilized surveillance technology to locate and apprehend a group of 18 migrants near Van Horn, Texas. The migrants all wore camouflage in an attempt to avoid apprehension.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents and CBP aircrews teamed up to apprehend multiple camo-wearing migrant groups attempting to sneak into the U.S. interior.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents tracked down 30 migrants attempting to make their way into the U.S. interior. They wore camouflage and were hiding in brush near Van Horn, Texas.
Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based sectors apprehended nearly 138,000 migrants in May, according to a source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection. This is up by approximately 10,000 over the previous month. If the migrants apprehended in the Texas-based sectors were put into a brand new city, it would be the 25th largest city in Texas by population — greater than Waco.
Border Patrol agents in the remote Big Bend Sector apprehended a migrant attempting to conceal himself after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into Texas. The agents later identified the man as a Pakistani national.
A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter aircrew assisted in the rescue of a migrant man and woman who had been abandoned in the Big Bend region desert near Sierra Blanca. The aircrew responded to the area after hearing radio traffic regarding the lost migrants.
Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico arrested multiple criminal aliens and gang members during the past week. Those arrested after illegally crossing the border include sex offenders, child sex offenders, an accused murderer from Mexico, and dangerous gang members.
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.
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.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents may have saved the lives of 48 migrants locked inside a tractor-trailer near Sierra Blanca, Texas, on Saturday. Agents found the migrants during an inspection at the Interstate 10 immigration checkpoint.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a group of migrants after human smugglers abandoned them in the remote West Texas desert. The group included two infants.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents utilized high-tech surveillance systems and teamed up with Texas law enforcement to apprehend groups of migrants attempting to avoid arrest.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended multiple migrant groups attempting to sneak into the U.S. interior with being arrested. Agents teamed up with Texas law enforcement to make arrests of camouflage-wearing migrants hiding in the brush.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents report increasing numbers of large migrant groups attempting to avoid apprehension in Texas’ most remote region. In a recent incident, agents apprehended 60 migrants near Presidio, Texas.
Big Bend Sector officials report significant numbers of migrants in this far West Texas remote border region. Many wear camouflage and travel under the cover of darkness to avoid arrest.
Border Patrol agents in the remote Big Bend Sector utilize a variety of advanced technology systems to aid in the apprehension of migrants attempting to avoid detection.
Border Patrol agents in Texas continue to arrest migrants attempting to avoid apprehension with the use of aerial video technology, whom would otherwise be classified as “got-aways.”
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of migrants attempting to smuggle more than 400 pounds of drugs. Many wore camouflage to attempt to avoid apprehension.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers assisted Border Patrol agents in the apprehension of 70 migrants in remote regions of the Big Bend Sector over a 36-hour period.
A multi-agency effort led to the arrest of a large group of migrants attempting to avoid detection by wearing camouflage. The arrest took place in a remote area of the Big Bend Sector in Texas.
Border Patrol agents in Sierra Blanca, Texas, investigated a cargo trailer as it approached a highway checkpoint. As agents approached, they could hear people pounding on the walls hoping to escape. Agents say they rescued 25 Wednesday.
Presidio County Sheriff’s deputies discovered 16 migrants abandoned by their smuggler on a winding desert road, miles from Casa Piedra, Texas, on Tuesday. The group was left behind after the smuggler damaged a tire.
A migrant carrying a large knife assaulted a Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agent during the arrest of a group arrest. The agent did not suffer an injury during the assault.
Authorities in the West Texas town of Presidio issued an arrest warrant for the person suspected of piloting a single-engine aircraft with five migrants on board. The plane crashed shortly after take-off from the Presidio Airport. The Presidio County Sheriff’s Office issued the warrant Saturday for Tobias Penner Peters of Seminole, Texas.
Sheriff deputies from one small West Texas county found migrants smuggled via small aircraft in a departure from the typical roadways. While responding to a report of a plane crash near the Presidio International Airport, deputies discovered the passengers were migrants being smuggled away from the Mexican border.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with CBP’s Air and Marine Operations to apprehend a group of migrants attempting to use camouflage to conceal their location. The migrants attempted to conceal their location in the rocks and brush after fleeing from Border Patrol agents.
According to a source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the wave of migrants crossing the border has led to overcrowding in eight of the nine southwest Border Patrol sectors. Breitbart Texas reviewed detention logs showing every sector except Big Bend is over capacity per COVID-19 guidelines.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of migrants hidden inside an RV travel trailer that was loaded by smugglers on a flatbed trailer. The tactic placed the migrants stashed inside the trailer in grave danger of being killed or seriously injured in the event of a crash.
Deer hunters happened upon the gruesome sight of decomposing human remains as they moved through a remote desert region in West Texas on Sunday. The hunters summoned Culberson County Sheriff’s Office from Van Horn, Texas, after discovering the badly decomposed human remains lying on the desert floor.
Alpine Station Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of migrants in the Big Bend National Park in far West Texas on December 1. The agents apprehended more than 70 migrants from Venezuala in the vast wilderness region.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended multiple groups of migrants marching through the wilderness over the holiday weekend. In one incident, agents from the Alpine Station found a group of 50 migrants in the Big Bend National Park.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a large group of migrants near Alpine, Texas, including several previously deported criminal aliens. Those arrested included a deported rapist and a drug trafficker.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents working an immigration checkpoint near Sierra Blanca, Texas, found a group of 31 migrants hiding in a tractor-trailer loaded with crushed aluminum cans.
The number of migrants apprehended in the five Texas-based Border Patrol Sectors nearly matched the population of the state’s third-largest city, Dallas. Agents apprehended nearly 1.2 million migrants during the recently ended fiscal year.
Border Patrol agents in Texas arrested two deported child sex offenders in separate incidents in the Laredo and Big Bend Sectors. Also, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men wanted for sex crimes against children at border crossing points.
