Border Patrol Agent Saves Life of Woman Stranded in Desert During Snowstorm
A Border Patrol agent in New Mexico is credited with saving the life of a woman with hypothermia who was stranded in the desert during a snowstorm.
desert
Read More
First-Year Border Patrol Agent Found Dead While on Patrol in New Mexico
A rookie Border Patrol agent was found dead while patrolling a remote desert in southwestern New Mexico.
Border Patrol Agents Accused of Sabotaging Water, Supplies for Migrants
Border Patrol agents routinely sabotage containers of water and other supplies placed in the Arizona desert to save the lives of thirsty migrants overcome by heat exhaustion and dehydration, according to two humanitarian groups.
Mexican Immigrants Getting Injured at Alarming Rates by Jumping Border Fence
The treacherous trek through the 100-degree desert may not be the most difficult challenge for many immigrants who are sneaking over the border from Mexico.
Environmentalists Concerned About Growth of Border Patrol
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Add environmentalists to the groups of people opposing the growth of the Border Patrol. The inundation of 20,000 agents could irrevocably damage the Southern Arizona’s deserts and wildlife, according to the Siera Club Borderlands, which has a Tucson office. Border Patrol is not subject to environmental laws along the international border, creating…
Border Patrol Agents Save More than 175 People in Scorching Arizona Desert
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 175 people trying to find freedom in America were rescued while trying to traverse the scorching Arizona border over the past month, the Associated Press reports. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector made the rescues. The AP wrote that more than 250 agents also are trained as EMTs and…