Centro Sector News Today

EL CENTRO – Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino has been reinstated as the Chief Patrol Agent for the El Centro Sector as of Friday, August 25, according to a press

We just exclusively obtained critical records showing that senior officials, including someone who is now a “principal advisor” to Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas, worked through the night to get the press release on the capture of two Yemini terrorists at the U.S. southern border scrubbed, . . .

The American Center for Law and Justice is confirming it has obtained records from the U.S. government revealing how multiple federal officials worked to scrub a press release that said two Yemini terrorists were caught at America's southern border.

Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico arrested multiple criminal aliens and gang members during the past week.

Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico arrested multiple criminal aliens and gang members during the past week.

FROM LEFT: U.S. Border Patrol Agent Roy Rosas,  El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino and Westmorland Church Pastor Fernando Beltran. Rosas, of the Calexico Station, was off-duty Sunday when he successfully intervened in an attack on Beltran by someone who was trying to steal his vehicle.  Rosas subdued the assailant until local police arrived. The assailant was found in possession of a knife at the time of the incident. "El Centro Sector is grateful to BPA Rosas for his dili...

OCOTILLO — The Jacumba Wilderness Area near Ocotillo continues to be a frequent and high-risk point of entry for undocumented migrants crossing into the United States. U.S. Customs of Border Protection reported El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducted five more rescues in that area involving a total of 16 persons between Thursday and Monday. The first incident occurred Thursday about 1:36 p.m., when El Centro Sector Dispatch notified agents working in the field of a group of four pe...

Agents arrest convicted Sureño gang member U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested a gang member Saturday afternoon after he illegally entered the United States, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection release. Agents apprehended the man 18 miles east of the Calexico port of entry just after 1 p.m. and transported him to the El Centro Sector Processing Center for follow-up. CBP said records checks revealed that Filemon PEREZ-Preciado, a 41-year-old Mexic...

BORSTAR agents rescue a woman from the mountains over the weekend.

Crews begin SR-86 roadway improvements A 1.5-mile road improvement project on State Route 86 in El Centro began Monday at Adams and North Imperial avenues. COURTESY PHOTO Crews closed sidewalks and lanes on State Route 86 at the intersection of Adams Avenue and North Imperial Avenue Monday to begin work on a 1.5-mile road improvement project that is expected to continue for the next two to three months. The project will cover the section of SR-86/Adams Avenue, just west of Wilson Street, to SR-...