Thread: Tombstone Marshals Stop Human Smuggling Attempt near Arizona Border

Tombstone Marshals Stop Human Smuggling Attempt near Arizona Border



by BOB PRICE 15 Aug 2023

Tombstone, Arizona, Marshal’s Office deputies interdicted a human smuggling attempt and found four suspected migrants in an SUV. Border Patrol agents assisted the deputies and identified the migrants as illegally present in the United States.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin tweeted that Wilcox Station agents assisted Tombstone Marshal’s Office deputies with a traffic stop. A search of the vehicle uncovered four migrants hiding in the SUV’s back seat and rear cargo area.



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On August 8, a Willcox Station agent assisted the Tombstone Marshall's Office with a vehicle stop in Tombstone, AZ. The agent discovered four migrants laying the backseat and cargo area of the SUV. The driver, a Cuban citizen pending legal immigration status, was arrested.



7:44 PM · Aug 14, 2023

Further investigation identified the driver as a “Cuban citizen pending legal immigration status.” The agents arrested the driver for charges related to human smuggling.

Elsewhere in the sector, Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) agents provided emergency medical care to ta 22-year-old migrant suffering severe dehydration. The agents arrested the migrant near Three Points, Arizona on August 7; Chief Modlin tweeted on Monday.



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Tucson Sector BORSTAR agents provided emergency treatment to a migrant suffering from severe dehydration following his arrest near Three Points, Arizona, August 7. The 22-year-old was transported to a hospital after agents determined he required advanced medical care.











12:44 PM · Aug 14, 2023

Through the first 14 days of August, Tucson Sector agents apprehended nearly 21,000 migrants, according to unofficial Border Patrol reports obtained from a law enforcement source. Since the beginning of FY23 on October 1, 2022, Tucson Sector agents apprehended more than 294,000 migrants, reports indicate.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/08/15/tombstone-marshals-stop-human-smuggling-attempt-near-arizona-border/

Give them nothing! Ship them back home.

Transport these criminals to Mexican EMTs!