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A Border Patrol agent in Nogales holds a rock that was thrown at a Border Patrol agent in 2014. In the latest incident, a man tried to stab an agent during an altercation near Three Points, Arizona.

A Border Patrol agent working near Three Points, west of Tucson, said a man tried to stab him during a confrontation Tuesday night. Instead, the knife hit the agent's handheld radio. Read more»

A crash on Sierrita Mountain Road, south of Three Points, caused by a Tucson-area man who swerved into oncoming traffic when he attempted to flee from Border Patrol agents. William Ken Huebbe, 31,  was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to smuggle two Mexican men into the United States when he slammed into a white station wagon and killed an 80-year old woman.

William Ken Huebbe, 31, was sentenced in federal court on Monday for illegally transporting two Mexican men into the United States. During the smuggling attempt, Huebbe panicked when he saw a Border Patrol vehicle and fled at a high rate of speed, swerving into oncoming traffic and slamming into a white station wagon, killing an 80-year old woman from Three Points. Read more»

Over the weekend, Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector aided three men lost in the desert, bringing the total number of rescued people to 293 since October through the end of May.

Border Patrol agents rescued three men from the Arizona desert in three separate incidents over the weekend, authorities said. Read more»

BORSTAR agents demonstrate their skills during a mock rescue in April.

Members of the Pima County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue Unit rescued a migrant lost in the desert near Three Points after he was reported missing by his brother. Read more»

Agents at the State Route 86 checkpoint cut apart the bed of a Chevrolet truck to get access to 1,006 pounds of marijuana worth more than $450,000 hidden as part a smuggling attempt by a U.S. citizen on Sunday.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents responded to three different kinds of incidents last week, rescuing two men who crossed the border, seizing more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and apprehending a Mexican national previously convicted of statutory rape and sexual battery, officials said. Read more»

Citing problems with the use of 'roving patrols' by the U.S. Border Patrol and repeated trespassing on private property, the ACLU has filed a formal complaint against the agency.

Citing problems with the use of "roving patrols" by the Border Patrol and repeated trespassing on private property, the ACLU has filed a formal complaint against the agency on behalf of a Southern Arizona woman. Read more»

Sattler

A Three Points man, found dead in an abandoned well with a gunshot wound to the stomach Wednesday, has been identified, and another man charged with first degree murder, authorities said. Read more»

Border Patrol agents apprehended a man they said was carrying a backpack full of marijuana Thursday south of Three Points.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a Mexican man Thursday who was carrying bundles of marijuana in a burlap backpack and wearing booties made of carpet over his shoes to conceal his footprints, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday. Read more»

Casa Grande Station Agents found 111 bundles of marijuana, weighing 1,600 pounds and worth $802,500, in this SUV on Thursday.

Border Patrol agents seized more than 2 tons of marijuana, a gun and a stolen vehicle, and apprehended a man wanted for first degree murder in four incidents in two incidents since Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Read more»

Border Patrol agents working near Three Points found a man's body on Wednesday. Read more»