WASHINGTON — CBP-AMO (US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) announced the intent to hire 200 Air Interdiction Agents (AIA) this year through direct-hire authority, despite a drop in candidates due to a national shortage of pilots. “This hiring authority will enable CBP to offer on-the-spot tentative job offers and compete at job Leer másCBP-AMO needs 200 Air Interdiction Agents this year[…]
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico — CBP-AMO (Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations) UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews immediately started Monday to use its new capabilities to hoist and rescue two persons near a motel in Cabo Rojo that were stranded by the record-breaking flooding resulting from Hurricane Fiona. “Due to operational needs, the CAMB’s involvement Leer másCBP-AMO UH-60 aircrew rescue two persons after Hurricane Fiona[…]
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[…]
TUCSON, Ariz. — CBP-AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) UH-60 Black Hawk aircrew rescue two migrants in the Baboquivari Mountains. At approximately 2:00p.m. on Thursday afternoon the U.S. Border Patrol’s Arizona Air Coordination Center received a call at approximately 2:25 p.m. routed through Tohono O’odham Police Dispatch, that two migrants were in Leer másCBP-AMO UH-60 Black Hawk crew rescue 2 from the Baboquivari Mountains[…]
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, March 10, 2022 — US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents seized an aircraft on Tuesday suspected of having been used for smuggling events. During an arrest conducted in the fall of 2021, AMO agents working with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Leer másCBP AMO Agents seize aircraft tied to smuggling activities[…]
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and Border Patrol agents teamed up Tuesday to rescue a group of 10 undocumented migrants Haitians left stranded by smugglers in Desecheo island, Puerto Rico. “Smugglers have no respect for the security and well-being of the migrants they transport,” indicated Augusto Leer másCBP AMO and Border Patrol Rescue 10 Haitians, Puerto Rico[…]
TUCSON, Ariz. — CBP-AMO (Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations) agents use multiple aircraft to locate and rescue an injured migrant in distress from a remote location in the Baboquivari Mountains on Friday. On February 11, a National Guard helicopter on patrol in support of border security efforts located a person, 3 miles north of Leer másCBP-AMO aircrew rescue man in Baboquivari Mountains[…]
TUCSON, Ariz. — CBP (Customs and Border Protection), AMO (Air and Marine Operations) agents an embarked Border Patrol agent rescue a dehydrated, cold, and lost migrant in a remote location in the Baboquivari Wilderness Peak area Friday. On February 4, the Arizona Air Coordination Center received information Pima County/City of Tucson 911 center that a Leer másCBP-AMO and Border Patrol rescue man in the Baboquivari Mountains[…]
EL PASO, Texas – CBP-AMO UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter aircrew from El Paso Air Branch rescue an injured hiker in the Franklyn Mountains. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, El Paso Air Branch, assisted El Paso Fire Department’s Combined Search and Rescue with the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter casualty evacuation (casevac) of Leer másCBP-AMO UH-60 Black Hawk crew rescue injured hiker[…]
PEMBINA N.D. — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Grand Forks Sector rescue five persons that intented crossing border in sub-zero conditions, Blizzard, and stopped a smuggling attempt near Humboldt, Minnesota. Unfortunately during subsequent search and rescue operations, Canadian authorities discovered two children and two adults deceased. A Border Patrol agent assigned to the Pembina Leer másBorder Patrol agents rescue five persons in Blizzard[…]