Sen. Kelly calls for strong action as border apprehensions continue to rise
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) continues to combat the overwhelming apprehensions at the U.S. Mexico border in Yuma County. Earlier this week, we spoke to…
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USBP: Wellton agents aid 11-year-old suffering heat-related illness
Wellton Border Patrol agents stopped a group of five migrants in the desert and found themselves in the middle of a rescue when an 11-year-old boy in…
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Yuma agents apprehend aggravated felon
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended an aggravated felon after illegally crossing the U.S. on Monday…
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Yuma Sector: Unaccompanied minors continue to cross border
In the last week, agents have apprehended 24 unaccompanied children under the age of…
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EXCLUSIVE: Yuma Sector’s Border Patrol chief talks border apprehensions
Yuma Sector’s U.S. Border Patrol agents are seeing much more than an increase of large groups surrendering themselves at the U.S./Mexico…
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USBP: Man arrested with more than $85,000 worth of heroin
A 22-year-old is arrested after attempting to smuggle heroin through the Highway 86 immigration…
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Yuma Sector apprehends more than 215 migrants in a span of 3 days
Border Patrol agents say they found a group of 98 migrants this morning at County 17 and Salinity…
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Border Patrol rescues man left behind by his group
Border Patrol agents rescued a man in the Jacumba Wilderness after his group left him…
Continue ReadingPassengers aboard a boat that sank near San Diego paid thousands to smugglers, authorities say
Passengers aboard a vessel that sank near San Diego on Sunday told investigators they each paid thousands of dollars to be smuggled into the US,…
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Border Patrol agents horse ride along City of El Centro to discuss border security
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents and El Centro City manager met with community members last week to discuss border…
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Human smuggler leaves Salvadorian family behind
The family paid their human smuggler $8,000 to cross them across the…
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USBP: Large groups continue to flow in Yuma County
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents found 65 people entering through areas where there is no…
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El Centro Border Patrol agents rescue lost migrants
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents have made yet another rescue in the Jacumba Wilderness…
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Border Patrol rescues four people near Ocotillo
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four undocumented immigrants in the Jacumba Wilderness near…
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Three victims identified in suspected human smuggling boat crash
The San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office has released the three names of the victims that died in a vessel overturned off the coast of San Diego last…
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USBP: 24-year-old arrested for carrying $185K worth of meth
Border Patrol agents say the meth packages have an estimated value of…
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Wellton Border Patrol agents seize more than 500 pounds of meth in one weekend
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station seized more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine in just the past weekend.…
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USBP: 1,600 migrants encountered in Yuma over the weekend
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents say they apprehended more than 1,600 migrants over the…
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Calexico Fire called to free man from border fence
– The Calexico Fire Department (CFD) says it recently made an an unusual rescue along the border. They say an illegal border crosser managed to scale…
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Vehicle stop leads to human smuggling arrest in Yuma
Border Patrol agents and police stop a smuggling vehicle with two…
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