CBP Air and Marine Operations Crew Rescues Lost Migrants
Release Date: July 24, 2017DEL RIO, Texas – A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations helicopter aircrew rescued two undocumented over the weekend.U.S. CBP Air and Marine...
View ArticleEquipo de Operaciones Aéreas y Marítimas del CBP Rescata a Migrantes Perdidos
Release Date: July 24, 2017DEL RIO, Texas - Una tripulación de helicóptero de las Operaciones Aéreas y Marítimas de las Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (AMO y CBP por sus siglas en inglés) de Estados...
View ArticleAir and Marine Recruiting Video
When I was in college they always held a fall career fair and ….CBP [was] there with a booth for Air Interdiction Agents. I remember thinking to myself I would never have the flight time required for...
View ArticleMan Dies During Cross-Border Trek, Smuggler Arrested
Release Date: August 3, 2017DULZURA, Calif.—A 23-year-old man is behind bars for smuggling seven Mexican nationals into the U.S. on Otay Mountain earlier this week, resulting in the death of one of the...
View ArticleLocal CBP Center Announces New Director
Release Date: August 9, 2017CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations recently announced the selection of a new Director for its National Air Security...
View ArticleLaredo Sector Border Patrol Continues Rescue Efforts as Temperatures Rise
Release Date: August 11, 2017LAREDO, Texas– The first event occurred on August 7, 2017, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) Unit rescued four illegal...
View ArticleAMO Rescues Distressed Boaters
Release Date: August 23, 2017CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. – A marine crew from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO), rescued three boaters near the Port Aransas jetties, Aug....
View ArticleCBP Air and Marine Operations, Coast Guard Interdict 13 Migrants Near Dania Pier
Release Date: August 23, 2017MIAMI — Marine crews from U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and the U.S. Coast Guard interdicted 13 Cuban migrants off the coast near Dania Beach...
View ArticleCBP AMO rescues two kayakers in Tacoma Narrows
Release Date: August 23, 2017BREMERTON, Wash.– Two kayakers who fell into distress near the Tacoma Narrows were rescued by an Air and Marine Operations crew on an acceptance testing mission on Aug. 7.A...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Arrests 12 at Area Beaches
Release Date: August 24, 2017SAN DIEGO - In the early morning hours of Aug. 24, Border Patrol agents intercepted two panga-style boats along the coast of San Diego County loaded with more than a dozen...
View ArticleAir and Marine Operations Flies Assets to Texas
Release Date: August 27, 2017Seeks to provide damage assessment, trade re-establishment Seeks to provide damage assessment, trade re-establishmentShortly before Hurricane Harvey stormed through the...
View ArticleCBP Arizona Responds to Hurricane Harvey
Release Date: August 28, 2017 TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft from Tucson are now in Texas, along with 12 aircrew members, five support personnel and three BORSTAR agents...
View ArticleCBP Air and Marine Operations Rescue Stranded Residents
A UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter and crew from US Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations rescues residents in areas flooded by Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017.Tags: Air and...
View ArticleSwift Water Rescue
A UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter and crew from U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations rescues residents in areas flooded by Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017.Tags: Air and...
View ArticleCBP-AMO Aircrews Rescue Dozens of Texas Storm Victims
Release Date: August 30, 2017HOUSTON, TX– U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and numerous other local and state agencies in south Texas continue to work together...
View ArticleCBP rescues blood shipment destined for Hurricane Harvey victims
Release Date: August 31, 2017WASHINGTON— U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agents partnered with Houston’s local law enforcement to transport cases of donated blood, destined for a...
View ArticleCBP AMO in Bellingham deploys aircraft to assist rescue efforts in areas...
Release Date: August 31, 2017BELLINGHAM, Wash. – In order to assist with search-and-rescue efforts in the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey, the Bellingham Air and Marine Branch of U.S. Customs and...
View ArticleAMO Crews Deliver Food and Water to FEMA Relief Centers
Release Date: August 31, 2017HOUSTON, TX – On Tuesday evening, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) UH-1N aircrews transported critical supplies from the temporary Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)...
View ArticleUSBP, AMO Rescue 2 Illegal Immigrants After 911 Call
Release Date: August 31, 2017Tucson, Ariz.– Border Patrol agents from the Ajo Station, with assistance from an Air and Marine Operations aircrew, rescued two adult Mexican nationals Wednesday night...
View ArticleCBP agents and officers saving lives in Hurricane ravaged areas of Texas
Release Date: September 1, 2017U.S. Border Patrol riverine agentsevacuate residents from a floodedHouston neighborhood after HurricaneHarvey August 30. Photo Credit:Glenn FawcettU.S. Customs and Border...
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