Tucson Sector agents and Tucson Air Branch personnel worked together to rescue a stranded migrant from the Baboquivari Peak personnel. [Photo courtesy CBP]
TUCSON, AZ – On Monday afternoon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents rescued a stranded migrant in the Baboquivari Mountains southwest of Tucson.
On board a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations Blackhawk helicopter, assigned to the Tucson Air Branch, members of the Tucson Sector Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) team responded to a 911 call placed by a 24-year-old Guatemalan man. The air crew located him near Baboquivari Peak, where rugged terrain forced them to perform a hoist extraction of the man.
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Border Patrol rescues woman stranded in southern Arizona mountain range
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Tucson Border Patrol rescues migrant woman
TUCSON, Ariz. - A Border Patrol helicopter crew rescued a migrant woman who was unable to walk in a southern Arizona mountain range on Feb. 3.
Investigators said they found her Wednesday morning more than 13 miles north of the border in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness. Officials say she was dehydrated and suffered severe pain in her legs.
Crews say she had a cell phone and was able to call 911. Due to the rugged terrain, a rescuer with the Tucson Border Patrol had to be hoisted down 125 feet to bring her to safety.