Tucson Standard

There were 27 human smuggling events in the Tucson Sector of the Arizona-Mexico border this week, said the head of the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector.

There also were 13,800 illegal alien apprehensions, John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector, posted on X (formerly Twitter). 

That makes more than 25,000 illegal alien apprehensions and 43 human smuggling events during the past two weeks in this sector.

Modlin also reported that 1.5 pounds of fentanyl was seized.

One kilogram of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 people, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). 1.5 pounds of fentanyl, therefore, has the potential to kill more than 340,000 people. 

Modlin said last week that two illegal aliens with "alarming felony convictions" were apprehended at the Arizona-Mexico border, reported Tucson Standard.

"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."

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.