Tucson Standard

Early this month, agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Willcox Station arrested five migrants after assisting the Cochise County Sheriff's Office. This information was shared in a December 6 post on X by Tucson sector Chief Sean McGoffin.

According to McGoffin, the traffic stop occurred on December 1. "12/1: Agents from the Willcox Station assisted @cc_sheriff with a vehicle stop on SR-90. Agents arrested five occupants after determining they were migrants from Mexico and Guatemala illegally present in the US. The driver was turned over to CCSO and faces criminal charges," he wrote in the post.

The Tucson sector encompasses much of Arizona, extending from New Mexico's border to Yuma County's border, covering approximately 262 border miles. There are about 3,700 agents across nine stations within this sector, located in Why, Casa Grande, Douglas, Bisbee, Nogales, Sonoita, Tucson, Three Points, and Wilcox, Arizona. This information is available on the CBP’s webpage dedicated to the sector. Originally known as the Nogales Sector and established on July 1, 1924, its headquarters moved to Tucson two years later.

Screenshot of Sean McGoffin's Dec. 5 post on X | X

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