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Special Units
Bush Commutes Border Patrol Agents' Prison Terms
In one of his final acts in office, President Bush on Monday commuted the controversial prison terms of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed Mexican drug smuggler who fled across the Rio Grande, away from a van loaded with 743 pounds of marijuana.
January 19, 2009
Patrol
Former Border Patrol Agents Released From Federal Prison
Former border patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were released from federal prison. Ramos was released from the prison around 8 a.m. Compean was released around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
February 16, 2009
Patrol
Suspect in Border Patrol Agent's Slaying Rearrested in Mexico
Jesus Navarro Montes was taken into custody near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, on a warrant for drug charges. He is awaiting extradition to the United States, where he is also wanted for questioning in a Border Patrol agent's death, according to the FBI in San Diego.
February 11, 2009
Patrol
Mexican Police Chopper Fires on Border Patrol Agents
A helicopter controlled by Mexican officials traveled across the border Thursday and fired on U.S. Border Patrol agents, a U.S. official said. Mexico apologized and no one was hurt in the incident, which is under investigation.
June 26, 2014
Weapons
Border Patrol May Be Stripping Agents of Their Rifles
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Offices of Border Patrol and Training and Development say it is inspecting the quality of agents' M4 carbines throughout Border Patrol sectors nationwide, and that's why agents have been required to turn in the weapons. But agents say some of these M4s have not been replaced. And agents are required to share rifles.
November 11, 2014
Training
Border Patrol Reports Sharp Increase in Attacks on Agents
The U.S. Border Patrol reported Wednesday that its agents have been attacked 250 times on the Mexican border since Oct. 1, a 38-percent increase over the same period last year.
December 19, 2007
Training
Immigration Bill Would Add 20,000 Border Patrol Agents
The U.S. Senate voted 67-27 Monday to add a security provision to bipartisan immigration legislation that would add 20,000 Border Patrol agents and provide funding for additional fencing and surveillance technology.
June 23, 2013
Training
Arizona Lags in Share of New Border Patrol Agents
The Border Patrol has met its goal of hiring 6,000 new agents in two years, but Arizona, which has the busiest stretch of border, saw the smallest percentage increase. Along the Southwestern border, 45 percent more agents now patrol than did two years ago. But along Arizona's border, where nearly half of all illegal immigrants traveling from Mexico were arrested last year, the Border Patrol bolstered its forces by 23 percent.
December 17, 2008
Training
Border Patrol Losing Agents Faster Than It Can Replace Them
The U.S. Border Patrol is losing agents faster than it can hire them, according to a new audit released last week that said competition with other federal law enforcement and the difficulty of passing a polygraph test have sapped the agency of nearly 2,000 agents it’s supposed to have.
November 13, 2017
Patrol
Train Strikes Border Patrol SUV During Pursuit, Killing Two Agents
Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were killed early Thursday, when a train struck and dragged their vehicle while the agents were pursuing suspected drug smugglers.
May 11, 2011
Patrol
Border Patrol Agents Fatally Shoot Man Who Shot at Police in New Mexico
Agents with the United States Border Patrol shot and killed a man who had shot and wounded an officer with the Las Cruces Police Department on Monday.
June 18, 2019
Special Units
Mexican Man Guilty of Assaulting Two Border Patrol Agents
Jaime Martinez-Garcia, 26, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation by a federal jury in Tucson on Tuesday.
September 2, 2010
Special Units
Arizona Border Patrol Agents Seize Heroin From Inside Engine
The vehicle, a green Chevrolet Silverado Extended Cab, was occupied by a male Mexican national, who was arrested. Further investigation revealed several packages of black tar heroin inside the engine's manifold.
October 25, 2010
Patrol
Border Patrol Agents Take Heavy Caliber Fire from Mexico
Sources said they believe the gunfire came from members of Mexican drug cartels, which include former military members trained in shooting that type of weaponry.
July 21, 2014
Patrol
Congress To Subpoena Holder On Border Patrol Agent's Death
Congressional investigators are expected to subpoena Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking to learn "who knew what, when" and asking for communications from about a dozen top Justice Department officials.
October 10, 2011
Patrol
Feds to Investigate Border Patrol Agent's Shooting of Mexican Teen
The U.S. government on Thursday launched a civil-rights investigation in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican boy by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the Rio Grande.
June 10, 2010
Patrol
FBI Examining Border Patrol Agent's Death as a 'Potential Assault'
Those officials have said they believe Martinez and the second agent were bludgeoned, possibly with rocks, in a savage desert ambush.
November 22, 2017
Patrol
CA Gas Station Denies Cutting Off Service to Border Patrol Agents
Alla Alagha, the station’s assistant manager, said, "There’s definitely no policy against law enforcement. We are a very friendly gas station. We have no problems with anyone. Business is business.”
January 15, 2018
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