El Centro Sector

Municipal police in Mexico arrested an alleged human smuggler and 16 migrants after the group attempted to enter the United States by cutting through a border fence. The police found the group in a cloned U.S. Border Patrol pickup truck.

A Border Patrol K-9 in the El Centro Sector is credited with the discovery of a flamethrower, a gun, and approximately $233,000 in cash. An additional $19,000 was also sniffed out in a separate incident, officials stated.

El Centro Sector agents operating a remote video surveillance system observed what they believed to be a cloned Border Patrol vehicle. Agents responded to the area and engaged in a pursuit.

Border security surveillance systems captured video of a human smuggler dropping a migrant woman from the top of a 30-foot wall in California. El Centro Sector agents responded and treated the woman for a severe ankle injury.

Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico arrested multiple criminal aliens and gang members during the past week. Those arrested after illegally crossing the border include sex offenders, child sex offenders, an accused murderer from Mexico, and dangerous gang members.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of more than 50 migrants after they illegally crossed the New River into California. Officials called the river “one of the most polluted bodies of water in North America.”

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 48 migrants attempting to move through the California desert. Agents identified the migrants as citizens of Cuba and Venezuela.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a human smuggler with two outstanding warrants. One of the charges included his alleged control of displaying a minor in sexual conduct.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents in Niland, California, discovered a group of migrants aboard a northbound freight train attempting to bypass the established highway checkpoint. In one event, agents found 26 migrants hiding in the rail cars. Information provided by the group led to the eventual arrest of an additional 16.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a lost migrant in the Jacumba Wilderness near the California border with Mexico. The rescue occurred shortly before the Christmas holiday weekend after local dispatchers received a distress call from the lost Salvadoran.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents are witnessing an increase in the number of encounters with armed human smugglers. Agents in this sector made three such encounters in the past few days.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a Pakistani migrant who broke his leg while illegally crossing from Mexico into California. The injury occurred when the migrant fell from a border wall section.

A migrant armed with a pistol and other weapons assaulted an El Centro Sector Border Patrol agent. At one point, the migrant attempted to wield a machete.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with other local and federal assets to rescue an injured migrant near the California border with Mexico. The search and rescue effort led to saving the life of a migrant who injured his ankle shortly after crossing the border near Ocotillo, California on Thursday morning.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a group of migrants who became lost in the Jacumba Wilderness near the California border with Mexico. One of the female migrants required medical attention.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of eight migrants locked inside a white delivery van near Niland, Arizona, officials stated. The driver of the van with fake FedEx markings initially represented himself as a delivery man.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found a cache of semi-automatic rifles and pistols in a stash house near the Arizona border with Mexico. The discovery followed the discovery of a smuggling operation and led to the arrest of five migrants, including the smuggler.

Border Patrol agents in Southern California rescued a migrant who had trouble staying afloat while crossing the All-American Canal. The migrant attempted to cross with another man.

Border Patrol surveillance cameras captured two separate incidents where human smugglers dangerously dropped small children from border walls. The incidents took place in the El Centro and San Diego Sectors.

The number of arrests of deported sex offenders, felons, and gang members continues to spike in multiple sectors along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Recent cases include Mexican cartel members.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to an immigration checkpoint seized nearly 38 pounds of cocaine during an inspection. In a second incident at the same checkpoint, agents arrested an armed suspect found to be transporting cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien they say was intentionally setting fires in the Jacumba Wilderness region on Saturday afternoon. The Mexican national had already lit one blaze and was in the process of starting another when they found him, officials stated.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three migrant children and a parent who became lost in the California mountains near Mexico. The agents found the group after they activated a rescue beacon.

El Centro Sector agents rescued 14 migrants from the mountainous desert region of the California-Mexico border. The rescues took place as temperatures in the region exceeded 110 degrees.

An El Centro Sector Border Patrol Horse Patrol Unit rescued eight migrants who became lost in the desert after illegally crossing from Mexico. The rescue of the four adults and four minors came from the successful coordination of efforts between the Government of Mexico and U.S. Border Patrol.

An international law enforcement effort led to the discovery and shutdown of a 183-foot tunnel being built to smuggle drugs, weapons, and people under the border into California. The sophisticated tunnel utilized electricity, a ventilation system, a rail system, and an electric hoist to move their illicit cargo from Mexico to the U.S.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued multiple migrants suffering from the effects of heat and lack of water in the wilderness near the California-Mexico border. So far this fiscal year, El Centro agents rescued more than 230 migrants in distress.

Border Patrol agents in California rescued four migrants in two incidents in the mountainous regions along the Mexican border.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 14 migrants who became lost in the Jacumba Wilderness after illegally crossing from Mexico into California. The rescues occurred in separate incidents during a four-day period ending on June 20.

A Border Patrol K-9 team near a California interior immigration checkpoint discovered roughly 60 pounds of cocaine during a smuggling attempt. Officials estimate the cocaine to be worth approximately $1 million.

Border Patrol agents at opposite ends of the country rescued at least 24 migrants who became injured or distressed after illegally crossing from Mexico. Some sustained injuries while others fell prey to the increasing summer heat along the U.S.-Mexico Border.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found two children lost near the border in the Jacumba Wilderness in California. The children were lost after being abandoned by human smugglers.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended 26 migrants in three separate smuggling attempts near the California-Mexico border. The three smuggling interdictions occurred during a 24 hour period late last week.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted a human smuggling attempt and discovered a fugitive homicide suspect embedded within the group. The agents arrested the man and turned him over to local police for extradition to Orange County, California.

U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed a suspect following a vehicle pursuit near the border in southern California. The pursuit ended at a gas station in Campo, California, Friday night.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four lost migrants on Tuesday in a wilderness area near Ocotillo, California. Mexican officials notified the sector’s Foreign Operations Branch to request assistance in finding the lost migrants.