Tucson Standard

Three smuggled migrants and two U.S. citizens were arrested last week near San Miguel, Arizona, after agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stopped a suspicious rental vehicle. This information was announced in a July 8 post on X by Tucson Sector Chief John R. Modlin.

According to Modlin’s post on X, several occupants of the rental vehicle fled when CBP agents stopped it. The responding CBP agents later found them and took them into custody. "Two US citizens and three smuggled migrants were arrested," Modlin wrote.

The Tucson sector runs from the New Mexico state line to the border of Yuma County, covering a total of 262 border miles, according to the CBP’s webpage focused on the Tucson sector. Originally established as the Nogales Sector, it was on July 1, 1926, when the headquarters of the sector moved to Tucson. There are nine stations within the sector, located in Tucson, Why, Casa Grande, Nogales, Willcox, Sonoita, Bisbee, Douglas, and Three Points.

Screenshot of John R. Modlin's July 8 post on X | X

U.S. Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security 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.