Tucson Standard

During fiscal year 2024 to date, there have been 342,002 illegal alien encounters in the Tucson Sector.

That’s according to an analysis of CBP Data conducted by Tucson Standard

178,718 of these encounters have been from citizens of Mexico, 68,707 from Guatemala, 2,594 from Honduras, 2,357 from El Salvador, and 89,626 from citizens from other countries.

The CBP’s 2024 fiscal year runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.

John R. Modlin, U.S. Border Patrol’s chief patrol agent in the Tucson Sector, regularly posts on X reports of arrests of these illegal alien encounters.

“Jose Hernandez-Garcia was arrested by Tucson Sector agents after crossing the border illegally near Sells, AZ,” Modlin wrote on April 25. “The Mexican national is a felon. In 2022, he was convicted of rape in the third degree in Spokane, WA. He faces criminal charges.”

Modlin joined the US Border Patrol in 1995 and has since worked in a variety of positions in the San Diego Sector, Detroit Sector, Miami Sector, and several posts on either coast. 

“Tucson Sector agents arrested Ernesto Flores-Mojica near Hereford, AZ,” Modlin posted on April 24. “The Mexican national has extensive criminal history, including convictions for facilitation of homicide and aggravated assault with a weapon.”

“He faces prosecution for illegal re-entry of an aggravated felon,” Modlin reported. 

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See details of arrests in the Tucson sector in April, 2024

Date of Arrest/Report of Arrest	Location	Crimes
4/5	Brian A. Terry Station	U.S. citizen illegally transporting three illegal aliens
4/6	Chiricahua Mountains	Group of seven camouflaged individuals attempting to illegally cross the border
4/7	Willcox Station	Human smuggling, K9 alert to a car's trunk
4/7	Three Points Station	Human smuggling attemtps, re-entry of a felon, sex crimes including sodomy and lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14
4/7	Sells, AZ	Human smuggling of five illegal aliens, possession of firearm, possession of narcotics
4/8	Nogales Station	Discovery of an abandoned bag at the border crossing containing 21 pounds of fentanyl
4/12	Bisbee, AZ	Human smuggling of five illegal aliens
4/14	Baboquivari Mountains	Group of camouflaged individuals attempting to illegally cross the border
4/15	Newfield, AZ	Five individuals illegally attempting to cross the border, destruction of international boundary fence, fleeing the scene
4/15	Cochise County	Human smuggling of eight illegal aliens, possession of a stolen firearm
4/16	Highway 80	Human smuggling of four illegal aliens, fleeing from law enforcement
4/16	Douglas Station	Re-entry of a felon, child molestation
4/16	Hereford, AZ	Human smuggling of four illegal aliens, two counts of firearm possession
4/16	Bisbee, AZ	U.S. Citizen illegally transporting illegal aliens, possession of a firearm
4/18	Sells, AZ	Re-entry of a felon, rape
4/22	Why, AZ	Human smuggling of three illegal aliens
4/22	Tombstone, AZ	Human smuggling of four illegal aliens
4/24	Hereford, AZ	Re-entry of a felon, facilitation of homicide, and aggravated assault with a weapon
4/24	Benson, AZ	Human smuggling of four illegal aliens, possession of a firearm