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Border Patrol agents arrested a DACA recipient for allegedly engaging in human smuggling. The arrest followed a high-speed pursuit after the Mexican national refused to stop at an immigration checkpoint.

Rising temperatures near the Texas-Mexico Border are tasking Border Patrol agents with increasing numbers of rescues and body recoveries.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector likely saved the life of a migrant they found near a ranch located close to the Rio Grande River border with Mexico.

Human smugglers packed 20 illegal immigrants into the back of a tractor-trailer rig in South Texas.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested 96 illegal immigrants after receiving a call about a car crash near the town of Freer. Responding agents found tracks leading into the brush and initiated a search.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector rescued a Honduran woman and her young son after human smugglers abandoned them in the South Texas heat with little food and water. The mother and her eight-year-old had been traveling for three days after being smuggled into the U.S.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector have apprehended just under 400 Bangladeshi nationals during this fiscal year. The Bangladeshi migrants, mostly male between the ages of 18 and 35, pay cartel-connected human smugglers up to $27,000 to make their journey to America.

Border Patrol agents disrupted the attempted drowning of a Mexican national in the Rio Grande River who had just been deported. Laredo Sector officials said an armed group of men attempted to drown the man after chasing him into the middle of the river border with Mexico.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted a series of human smuggling operations in the past week. The incidents included smugglers using a tractor-trailer, furniture trucks, and a motel room as a makeshift stash house.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than a half-ton of marijuana in two separate incidents along the Rio Grande River border with Mexico.

Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector arrested two human smugglers after they found illegal immigrants stuffed inside duffel bags. The two arrests came on Friday at the Interstate 35 immigration checkpoint located between Laredo and San Antonio.

Border Patrol agents arrested an Iranian national after he illegally crossed the border near the Laredo, Texas, downtown sector. There are no physical barriers separating Laredo from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo Sector rescued an illegal immigrant abandoned on a ranch without water.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested eight more Bangladeshi nationals after they illegally crossed the border into Texas. This brings the total number of Bangladeshi nationals arrested this fiscal year in the Laredo Sector alone to 322. Agents in this sector also arrested five Brazilian nationals following a vehicle pursuit and bailout. 

A drug smuggler died in a rollover crash near Laredo, Texas, while attempting to flee from Border Patrol agents. Agents found five large bundles of marijuana inside the SUV following the June 14th crash.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested nine more Bangladeshi nationals last week. This brings the total number of Bangladeshi migrants arrested in the Laredo Sector this fiscal year to more than 300.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than $2 million in drugs within 24 hours. The agents seized large quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana in two separate incidents.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued more than 50 migrants from dangerous conditions in three separate incidents. Two involved packing migrants amidst cargo inside a tractor-trailer while the third involved 13 people stuffed in an SUV.

Border Patrol agents are increasingly rescuing illegal immigrants after they are abandoned in the hot climates along the border in Arizona and Texas.

Two brothers, one serving in the National Guard and the other serving in the U.S. Border Patrol, are teamed up in Operation Guardian Support to help secure the Texas border with Mexico.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 18 more illegal immigrants from Bangladesh this week. The arrests came in separate incidents.

Border Patrol agents along the Rio Grande River border with Mexico continue to disrupt human smuggling operations by shutting down stash houses. The smugglers frequently pack migrants into the houses with inadequate plumbing and kitchen facilities. Border Patrol officials previously called these “deplorable” conditions.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo West Border Patrol Station rescued a migrant abandoned by human smugglers without water for two days. Agents treated them for dehydration and transported him to a hospital for medical attention.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found a migrant’s lifeless body in the Rio Grande River earlier this month. Medical examiners and the Missing Migrant Project teamed up and identified the migrants as a Bangladeshi national who attempted to illegally enter

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents responded to a 911 call from an illegal immigrant who became lost on a ranch after illegally crossing the border from Mexico. After an extensive search including ground-based agents and a helicopter aircrew, the agents found the subject and completed the rescue operation.

A migrant support group is making claims about Wednesday’s incident where a Laredo Sector Border Patrol agent shot and killed an illegal immigrant before the facts of the case are known. The group claims it condemns “the use of lethal force against any immigrant crossing the border.”

Border Patrol agents arrested seven more Bangladeshi nationals this week after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. The seven Bangladeshis bring this fiscal year’s total to 251 arrests in this single sector.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol officials say one of their agents shot and killed an illegal immigrant after the agent came under attack.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector teamed up with officials of the Mexican Government to interdict and seize $8 million in drugs shipped through a port of entry earlier this month.

Border Patrol agents found 38 illegal immigrants being warehoused in “deplorable conditions” in a small house in Laredo, Texas, an official stated.

The Laredo Sector has 170 miles of riverbank separating Mexico from Texas and zero miles of fencing or walls, says the local border chief–allowing Mexican drug cartels to move large quantities of drugs and human cargo into the U.S.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo Sector saved the lives of nearly 700 illegal immigrants this fiscal year while being smuggled into the U.S.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector are sounding the alarm after they recently apprehended two Syrian nationals who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into South Texas. The agents say the arrest of the Syrians confirms there is a human smuggling pipeline from countries with connections to terrorism into the U.S.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of Mexican migrants being smuggled in the back of a box truck loaded with furniture.

Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector arrested a pair of migrants who claimed to be part of the “caravan.” Agents apprehended the two Honduran nationals in separate incidents after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico into South Texas on Sunday.

A previously deported MS-13 member used an infant as cover during his re-entry attempt. He used the child to pose as a “family unit.”