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Female migrant rescued from Baboquivari Mountains in southern Arizona
Boboquivari Mountains located 13 miles north of the border An air team rescued a distressed woman trapped deep in the Baboquivari Mountain Range in southern Arizona on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (Source: DVIDS) By KOLD News 13 Staff | February 6, 2021 at 12:46 PM MST - Updated February 6 at 12:46 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Border agents rescued a lost migrant in a remote area of the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness in southern Arizona, early Wednesday.
Around 2:30 a.m., the Arizona Air Coordination Center was routed a 911 call originally received by the Tohono O’odham Police Department.
A female migrant stated she was alone and unable to walk. Officials determined she was stranded deep in the Baboquivari Mountain Range, more than 13 miles north of the border.
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.
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U.S Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents conducted a remote air rescue of two illegal aliens in the Baboquivari Wilderness Peak area on Tuesday. Footage of the rescue shows AMO agents, along with a U.S. Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) EMT, hoisting the two illegal aliens to safety.
The crew of a Tucson Air Branch UH-60 responded to a 9-11 call of an injured woman who fell some 10 feet from a cliff in the Baboquivari Wilderness Peak area near Tucson, Arizona. The woman was bleeding from her head and suffered numerous abrasions.