by Tyler | Jul 11, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Crisis, Human Smuggling, immigration, New Mexico Border Crisis, Southwest Border Migration Report, Texas Border Crisis, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol
Apprehensions by Border Patrol agents of migrants who illegally cross the U.S. border with Mexico dropped nearly 29 percent in June, reaching the lowest level since March. The decrease follows seasonal patterns and increased immigration enforcement in Mexico following...
by Tyler | Jul 9, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Crisis, Human Smuggling, immigration, Rio Grande Valley Sector, Texas Border Crisis, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol, Weslaco Station
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a single group of 168 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, and Cuba on Sunday. This sector is currently averaging more than 1,000 migrant apprehensions per day — mostly family units and unaccompanied...
by Tyler | Jul 8, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Crisis, BORSTAR, Deaths of Migrants, Del Rio Sector, Haitian Migrants, Human Smugging, immigration, migrant deaths, Texas Border Crisis, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol
The search continues for a two-year-old migrant girl who went missing when her Haitian mother attempted to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico on July 1.
by Tyler | Jun 27, 2019 | Assaults on Border Patrol Agents, Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Crisis, Border Patrol Agent Assaulted, Calexico Station, Crime, El Centro Sector, immigration, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol
An unknown assailant in Mexico assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent with a large rock as the agent patrolled the border in Calexico, California. The assault occurred as the agent prepared to take a migrant into custody who had just illegally crossed the damaged border...
by Tyler | Jun 27, 2019 | Benny Martinez, Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Crisis, Brooks County, Brooks County Sheriff's Office, Crime, Falfurrias Checkpoint, Falfurrias Station, immigration, migrant deaths, Rio Grande Valley Sector, Texas Border Crisis, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol
Brooks County Sheriff’s Office deputies recovered the decomposing bodies of two migrants who died on ranchlands located 80 miles from the Texas-Mexico border. The recoveries mark 15 migrant deaths this year in this single South Texas county. Brooks County...
by Tyler | Jun 1, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Crisis, BORSTAR, Crime, Del Rio Sector, Eagle Pass South Station, Human Smuggling, immigration, Migrant Rescues, Texas Border Crisis, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents say they witnessed Mexican cartel-connected human smugglers toss two disabled migrants into the Rio Grande. Agents rescued the men shortly thereafter.
