Two Migrants Found Dead in Arizona Desert near Border
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3 Jun 2021
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents recovered the bodies of two migrants who succumbed to the heat of the Arizona desert after being smuggled across the border from Mexico. One of the migrants died this week, while the second had been dead for two weeks.
Yuma Sector agents assigned to the Foreign Operations Branch on June 1 received a call from Mexican officials about a 911 call reporting a distressed group of migrants who became distressed from the heat after illegally crossing the border into southwest Arizona, according to information provided by Yuma Sector Border Patrol officials. Mexican officials advised that one of the females in the group collapsed and died from the heat.
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Border Patrol Agents Catch Aggravated Felon Published: 13 May 2021 13 May 2021
Yuma, Arizona - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended an aggravated felon after he illegally crossed the border into the United States Monday morning.
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Fidel Enrique Caceres-Hernandez, 38, was one of two migrants apprehended in the desert 17 miles east of the San Luis Port of Entry. Record checks conducted on the El Salvadoran national revealed he is an aggravated felon who served two years in prison in California for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant.
Caceres-Hernandez will be prosecuted for re-entering the U.S. after having previously been removed.
Border Patrol Agents Intercept Four Weekend Smuggling Attempts Published: 13 May 2021 13 May 2021
Yuma, Arizona - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted four separate migrant smuggling attempts over the weekend.
Friday afternoon, agents conducted a vehicle stop on a red Nissan Sentra on Avenue B and Highway 195. Agents determined that a U.S. citizen male driver was smuggling four migrants in his vehicle. Record checks conducted on the 22-year-old driver revealed that he was on federal probation for smuggling drugs through the San Luis Port of Entry. All vehicle occupants were placed under arrest and the vehicle was seized.
While agents were on scene with the previous incident, a concerned citizen stopped and informed them that he witnessed individuals on the side of the road getting into a vehicle just west of their location. The vehicle, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, then passed the agents’ location. Agents pursued the vehicle and attempted to pull it over. The driver fa
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