Tucson Standard

The head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector said two illegal aliens with "alarming felony convictions" were apprehended at the Arizona-Mexico border last week, and enough fentanyl was seized to kill a potential 453,592 people.

"Over the weekend, Tucson Sector agents apprehended two migrants for unlawful entry into the U.S.," John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector, posted on X. 

"Both subjects have alarming felony convictions," said Modlin. "One for 2nd Degree Murder and Attempted Murder, and the other for Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Both face federal prosecution."

Modlin also reported that 11,300 illegal aliens were apprehended in the Tucson Sector last week. He said there were also sixteen "human smuggling events", and nine narcotics events, including the seizure of two pounds of cocaine, seven pounds of heroin, and twp pounds of fentanyl. 

One kilogram of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 people, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Two pounds of fentanyl, therefore, has the potential to kill approximately 453,592 people.

U.S. Border Patrol, a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for safeguarding the nation's borders and preventing illegal entry of people and contraband. Established in 1924, it operates in 328 ports of entry and protects 7,000 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of maritime borders.

One of the nine sectors of the U.S.-Mexico border is the Tucson Sector, which covers 262 border miles and includes all of the Arizona-Mexico border and parts of the California-Mexico border.