An international law enforcement effort led to the discovery and shutdown of a 183-foot tunnel being built to smuggle drugs, weapons, and people under the border into California. The sophisticated tunnel utilized electricity, a ventilation system, a rail system, and an electric hoist to move their illicit cargo from Mexico to the U.S.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued multiple migrants suffering from the effects of heat and lack of water in the wilderness near the California-Mexico border. So far this fiscal year, El Centro agents rescued more than 230 migrants in distress.
Border Patrol agents in California rescued four migrants in two incidents in the mountainous regions along the Mexican border.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 14 migrants who became lost in the Jacumba Wilderness after illegally crossing from Mexico into California. The rescues occurred in separate incidents during a four-day period ending on June 20.
A Border Patrol K-9 team near a California interior immigration checkpoint discovered roughly 60 pounds of cocaine during a smuggling attempt. Officials estimate the cocaine to be worth approximately $1 million.
Border Patrol agents at opposite ends of the country rescued at least 24 migrants who became injured or distressed after illegally crossing from Mexico. Some sustained injuries while others fell prey to the increasing summer heat along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found two children lost near the border in the Jacumba Wilderness in California. The children were lost after being abandoned by human smugglers.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 26 migrants in three separate smuggling attempts near the California-Mexico border. The three smuggling interdictions occurred during a 24 hour period late last week.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted a human smuggling attempt and discovered a fugitive homicide suspect embedded within the group. The agents arrested the man and turned him over to local police for extradition to Orange County, California.
U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed a suspect following a vehicle pursuit near the border in southern California. The pursuit ended at a gas station in Campo, California, Friday night.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four lost migrants on Tuesday in a wilderness area near Ocotillo, California. Mexican officials notified the sector’s Foreign Operations Branch to request assistance in finding the lost migrants.
Mexican human smugglers risked the lives of a migrant mother and her two small children by moving them over a 30′ section of a border wall in California. Surveillance camera operators captured the incident early Thursday morning.
Federal prosecutors in California filed charges against an alleged human smuggler they say is responsible for the deaths of 13 migrants. The 13 Mexican and Guatemalan migrants died in a crash after the driver crossed the SUV illegally into the United States through a breached border wall barrier.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a migrant who was abandoned by human smugglers for eight days. The smugglers left the migrant for dead when he could not keep up with the group.
Border Patrol officials say the driver in Tuesday’s crash near Holtville, California, that left 13 people dead may have entered the U.S. through a breach in an older border wall section. It appears two vehicles loaded with migrants illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico through the breach.
Border Patrol agents in Southern California rescued multiple migrants after they were abandoned by human smugglers. Agents found the migrants, including an unaccompanied juvenile, in near-freezing conditions.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported gang member after he illegally crossed into California.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a pair of human smugglers at an interior immigration checkpoint in California. During a search of their vehicle, agents found a pistol.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducted an immigration traffic stop and recovered four migrants being transported into the U.S. from Mexico. The traffic stop led to the discovery of a human smuggling stash house in El Centro, California, and the recovery of 21 more migrants.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly 165 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine smuggled into the U.S. on an ultralight aircraft. The agents found the nearly half-million dollars worth of drugs north of the California-Mexico border.
Border Patrol agents in California, Arizona, and Texas arrested multiple previously deported sex offenders after they illegally crossed into the U.S. from Mexico.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents joined a National Guard helicopter aircrew to rescue two lost migrants in the Jacumba Mountains. The migrants claimed to be lost and in distress after being abandoned by human smugglers.
Border Patrol agents in two states arrested previously deported child sex offenders as they attempted to illegally re-enter the United States from Mexico.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a female U.S. citizen after they allegedly found nearly 150 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in her SUV. The seizure came at an interior immigration checkpoint in Southern California.
Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico continue to rescue migrants left behind to die by cartel-connected human smugglers. Despite much lower illegal border crossings this year, the rescue of migrants has already exceeded last year’s total, officials state.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized a cache of weapons and a small quantity of fentanyl at an interior immigration checkpoint near the California border with Mexico. The seizure included a variety of weapons in addition to multiple firearms.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a female child molester after she allegedly attempted to smuggle two migrants into the California interior.
Despite drastically lower numbers of illegal border crossings, Border Patrol agents continue rescuing migrants at a record pace.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found alleged drug smugglers attempting to conceal drugs in boots and a bra in recent days at an interior immigration checkpoint. The seizures of cocaine and fentanyl occurred in separate incidents at the Highway 86 checkpoint.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to an interior immigration checkpoint 80 miles from the Texas border with Mexico seized a load of cocaine valued at approximately $2.5 million. The agents found the 75 pounds of drugs after a K-9 alerted to the possible presence of drugs in the vehicle.
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.
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.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents thwarted a drug smuggling attempt featuring an ultralight aircraft. The agents stopped more than 145 pounds of methamphetamine from being delivered to cities in the United States.
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 California arrested two previously deported child sex offenders and a man carrying a backpack filled with methamphetamine after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. The arrests occurred in separate incidents in the El Centro and San Diego Border Patrol sectors.
El Centro Sector Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 134 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a Honda Accord at a California border crossing.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 13 migrants who became lost in the desert mountains after illegally crossing the border from Mexico. The 13 were returned to Mexico under Title 42 Coronavirus protection protocols.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a mother traveling with two infants after allegedly finding 117 pounds of methamphetamine in her car. The arrest occurred at the interior immigration checkpoint on Highway 86 on June 18.
