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Posted Dec 15, 2020, 1:37 pm
Madison Lee Beal
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
This year Border Patrol agents have used a CDC public health order to rapidly expel thousands of migrants into Mexican border towns such as Sasabe, Sonora, which has little resources and infrastructure for migrants.... Read more»
Posted May 6, 2020, 11:21 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
An off-duty Border Patrol agent shot a man in the hand during a confrontation near a Pinal County subdivision Tuesday evening, authorities said.
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Posted Dec 10, 2019, 8:41 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
In less than a week, the number of cross-border tunnels discovered in a year rose to five after Border Patrol agents found another tunnel beneath the streets of Nogales. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 6, 2019, 10:48 am
B. Poole
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy for asylum-seekers has sparked a human-rights crisis that already has killed several people, and it’s getting worse, according to volunteers working in Mexican border towns and a recent report from a federal watchdog.... Read more»
Posted Dec 5, 2019, 8:55 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Border Patrol agents and Mexico's Federal Police discovered yet another tunnel running under the streets of Nogales on Wednesday, the fourth found in the area in under a year. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 26, 2019, 7:11 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Five people activated rescue beacons in three separate incidents on Monday, said Border Patrol, including a Guatemalan woman traveling with her daughter. ... Read more»
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Posted Aug 12, 2016, 3:16 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The cause of the motorcycle crash that killed Border Patrol Agent Manuel Alvarez, 37, remains under investigation, said Tucson Sector Chief Paul Beeson during a news conference Friday. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 6, 2011, 9:44 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Border Patrol has named a new head for the Tucson Sector, Chief Patrol Agent Richard A. Barlow, the agency said Monday.... Read more»