Yuma, Arizona. – A CBP AMO AS350 A-Star helicopter aircrew from the Yuma Air Branch worked with U.S. Border Patrol agents from Yuma Sector earlier this week in the rescue of a group of migrants in distress while crossing the Sonoran Desert. U.S. Border Patrol agents in Ajo, Arizona were alerted to activity within the Cabeza Leer másCBP AMO and Border Patrol rescue migrants in Sonoran Desert[…]
LAREDO, Texas — CBP AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) AS350 A-Star helicopter aircrew rescue a migrant in distress approximately 25 miles northeast of Laredo, Texas. Monday, April 1, 2024. On Monday, a Laredo Air Branch AS350 A-Star helicopter aircrew responded to Laredo Sector Border Patrol Dispatch reports of four lost migrants in the area Leer másCBP AMO AS350 helicopter aircrew rescue migrant near Laredo[…]
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico – CBP AMO (US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) and Puerto Rico Police FURA Units, seized 4,616 pounds (2,094 kilograms) of cocaine found inside a vessel that landed in the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico. The estimated street value of the seized cocaine is approximately $48.1 million. On May 28, during Leer másCBP AMO seized 48 million in Cocaine in Puerto Rico[…]
EL PASO, Texas— CBP AMO (U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) responded to a call about an active shooter on Feb. 15 at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, and to other shooting incidents this fiscal year. An El Paso Air Branch AS350 A-Star helicopter aircrew responded after shots were fired Leer másA CBP AMO helicopter aircrew responds to an active shooter in El Paso[…]
TUCSON, Ariz. — CBP-AMO (Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations) and Border Patrol rescue a man in the Baboquivari Mountains. At approximately 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening the U.S. Border Patrol’s Arizona Air Coordination Center (A2C2) received a call routed through Tohono O’odham Police Dispatch that a migrant was lost, in the rain, in Leer másCBP-AMO and Border Patrol rescue man in Baboquivari Mountains[…]
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico. March 23, 2022 — CBP-AMO (US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) agents intercepted a vessel near Cabo Rojo with 695 pounds (315.4 Kilos) of cocaine and one firearm. The estimated value of the cocaine is $6,3 million and the two vessel occupants were arrested. “Our maritime awareness allows us Leer másCBP-AMO interdicts 695 pounds of cocaine headed to Cabo Rojo[…]
Ajo, Arizona. — CBP-AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) A-STAR helicopter crew located a pair of migrants abandoned in Sierra Pinta. Friday evening, while responding to a reported group of migrants on the east side of the Sierra Pinta Mountains, a remote area between the Wellton and Ajo Border Patrol Stations, a Yuma Leer másCBP-AMO A-STAR crew located 2 abandoned in Sierra Pinta[…]
NEW ORLEANS — CBP-AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) are conducting security operation to help secure Mardi Gras 2022. After canceling last years’ festivities due to the pandemic, the famous Mardi Gras streets parades that first began in the 1830s are back in full force. The blaring, 80-member strong marching band music, the Leer másCBP-AMO provides security during the Mardi Gras, New Orleans[…]
CBP-AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) and Border Patrol rescue a woman from the Baboquivari Mountains. On January 20, 2022, at approximately 7:21 p.m., the Arizona Air Coordination Center (A2C2) received a transferred 911 Call from Pima County from a female migrant located along the Baboquivari Mountains. The woman stated that she Leer másCBP-AMO and Border Patrol rescue woman from Baboquivari Mountains[…]
RUTLAND, Vt. — A CBP-AMO (Air and Marine Operations) aircrew onboard an AS350 A-Star rescue three women victims of human trafficking activities. During the flight operations the AS-350 aircrew, assigned out of the Plattsburgh, N.Y. Air Unit responded to a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) request for aerial surveillance during interagency search warrants of multiple residences suspected of being linked Leer másCBP-AMO rescue 3 women victims of human trafficking[…]
