TUCSON, Arizona. — A CBP AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew conducted the rescue of two stranded hikers with severe dehydration (U.S. citizens) in the rugged Tucson Mountains. Thursday, March 20, 2025. The Tucson Air Branch received an urgent request from the National Park Service to assist a Leer másCBP AMO UH-60 rescue two stranded hikers in Tucson Mountains[…]
TUCSON, Arizona.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews rescue 5 migrants trapped in rugged terrain in the Peloncillo Mountain range over the weekend. Friday rescue Friday afternoon, a Tucson Air Branch UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew responded to an air support request Douglas Station Horse Patrol Leer másCBP Tucson Air Branch UH-60 aircrews rescue migrants in distress[…]
TUCSON, Ariz.— A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew rescue a man trapped in rugged terrain in the Baboquivari Mountain region. Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The Tucson Air Branch UH-60 aircrew was en route to a media event to demonstrate Search and Rescue procedures for visiting Leer másA CBP AMO UH-60 rescue migrant in the Baboquivari Mountain[…]
TUCSON, Ariz. — A CBP AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew rescue a 15-year-old Guatemalan teen trapped within a Southern Arizona mountain range last Friday. August 18, 2023. Arizona Air Coordination Center received a 911 call from the Guatemalan male, which led the Tucson Air Branch to dispatch a UH-60 Leer másCBP AMO UH-60 rescue 2 on same day in Southern Arizona[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CBP AMO (US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) Northern Region crews conducted 15 rescues between June 5 and July 12, 2023. Recent rescues involving crews of CBP AMO NR include: On June 28, a Rochester, N.Y., AMO Marine Unit 38-foot SAFE Boat crew observed a sailing vessel that appeared to Leer másCBP AMO Northern Region crews conduct 15 rescues[…]
TUCSON, Ariz. — A CBP AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew rescue a 37-year-old injured woman trapped in Baboquivari Mountains, Arizona. Monday, June 5, 2023. Arizona Air Coordination Center received a 911 call from the injured Guatemalan woman, which led the Tucson Air Branch to dispatch a CBP Leer másCBP AMO UH-60 crew rescue woman in Baboquivari Mountains[…]
WASHINGTON — CBP AMO (U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) along with their federal and international partners, seized nearly 82,123 pounds of cocaine and 21,396 pounds of marijuana in international waters during the 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2023, denying criminal organizations an estimated $1.1 billion. Notably, a National Air Security Operations Center Jacksonville Leer másCBP AMO and partners seized 1 billion in drugs in 2nd quarter 2023[…]
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[…]
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico — CBP AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations), US Border Patrol and Puerto Rico Police seized 136 bricks of cocaine with an estimated value of $3, 1M and arrested three people, in two separate incidents that occurred Wednesday in Culebra and Friday in Vieques. On May 3, during a Leer másCBP AMO interdicts $3,1M of cocaine in different vessels[…]
TUCSON, Ariz — A CBP AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew rescue a stranded hiker from Huachuca Mountains, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Tucson Air Branch launched a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew to the Huachuca Mountains south of Sierra Vista after being requested by the Cochise County Sheriff’s Leer másCBP AMO UH-60 aircrew rescue hiker on Huachuca Mountains[…]