U.S. Customs And Border Protection
Recent News About U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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4,900 individuals apprehended in the Tucson Sector for the week ending June 21
Nearly five thousand illegal immigrants were apprehended in the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector during the week ending June 21, 2024.
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Migrants in distress airlifted by Customs and Border Protection’s Tucson Air Branch
Five migrants suffering from heat exhaustion were rescued from the rugged terrain of the Peloncillo Mountain range after the Tucson Air Branch responded to an air support request on June 14, according to a June 18 news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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Tucson sector border patrol agents stop tandem smuggling event
In early June, agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Tucson sector stopped a tandem smuggling event near Arivaca, Arizona. This information comes from a June 17 post on X from Tucson Sector Chief John R. Modlin.
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Border Patrol agents, Arizona DPS arrest previously removed migrant
Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and officers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested two migrants and a citizen driver in Arizona early this month. CBP Chief Agent of the Tucson Sector John Modlin shared this information in a post on X on June 13.
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Tucson border agents, BORSTAR aid Guatemalan migrant near Arivaca, AZ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, along with Air and Marine Operations (AMO), encountered a group of migrants in a remote area near Arivaca earlier this month, providing aid to a woman suffering from dehydration. This information was shared in a post on X, uploaded on June 11.
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6,900 individuals apprehended in the Tucson sector this week
Six thousand nine hundred illegal aliens were apprehended in the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tucson sector during the week ending June 14, 2024.
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7,500 illegal immigrants apprehended in Tucson sector this week
Seven thousand five hundred illegal immigrants were apprehended in the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Tucson sector during the week ending June 7.
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6.700 apprehended in Tucson sector for the week ending May 17
During the week ending May 17, 2024, the US Border Patrol's Tucson sector apprehended 6,700 illegal immigrants.
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Man indicted for Assault of a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon, other charges following incident with Border Patrol agent
John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of the US Border Patrol (USBP), has announced the indictment of a local man following an incident with a USBP agent on April 11. The announcement was made in a post on May 17, where Modlin also shared information from the US Attorney’s Office in Arizona regarding the indictment.
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Yuma station Customs and Border Protection agents stop attempted robbery by machete wielding bandits
The Chief Patrol Agent of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Sean McGoffin, has reported that CBP agents from the Yuma station thwarted an attempted robbery by bandits, one armed with a machete. The incident involved an "illegal border crosser" situated on the Mexican side of the Colorado River.
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‘Se Busca Informacion’ campaign, a joint effort between the US and Sonora, Mexico targets criminal networks in Northern Sonora, Southern Arizona
US Homeland Security and Sonoran law enforcement have identified ten individuals through the "Se Busca Informacion" campaign, who are currently sought due to their association with transnational criminal organizations involved in human smuggling, narcotics trafficking, and murder.
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7,3000 apprehended in the Tucson sector during the week ending May 10
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents detained 7,300 undocumented immigrants and thwarted 34 human smuggling attempts in the Tucson sector during the week ending May 10.
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7,900 illegal immigrants apprehended in the Tucson sector during the week ending May 3
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents detained 7,900 illegal immigrants and intercepted 25 human smuggling events in the Tucson sector during the week ending May 3.