Yuma Sector apprehends more than 215 migrants in a span of 3 days
U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend large groups at the border.
Agents said they found 42 migrants last Saturday at County 17 and the Salinity Canal. Earlier that day, they found 79 migrants in the same area.
On early Monday morning, they found 98 migrants in the same area. Yuma Sector said all three were taken to the station to be screened. Last weekend, they apprehended 1,600 migrants in just one weekend.
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USBP: Large groups continue to flow in Yuma County
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents continue to encounter large groups of migrants everyday coming through the west side.
Border Patrol agents said Wednesday morning, they found a group of 65 people entering from Mexico.
Last weekend, they apprehended 1,600 migrants coming through areas where there is no infrastructure.
Border agents seize over $1 million in methamphetamine over the weekend Border agents seize over $1 million in methamphetamine over the weekend (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection) By KOLD News 13 Staff | May 3, 2021 at 2:57 PM MST - Updated May 3 at 2:58 PM
YUMA, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station arrested four different groups attempting to smuggle 534 pounds of methamphetamine worth nearly $1 million through the desert over the weekend.
At approximately 3 p.m. Saturday, agents spotted a group hiding under a palo verde tree on the Luke Air Force Base bombing range east of Wellton, Arizona. Agents approached the tree and apprehended a 17-year-old unaccompanied child and a 48-year-old man as they tried to flee the area. They also located three backpacks containing 120 pounds of methamphetamine under the tree. Agents took custody of the smugglers and the methamphetamine, estimated to be worth $216,000.
Wellton Border Patrol agents seize more than 500 pounds of meth in one weekend Published
Drugs valued at nearly $1,000,000
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station seized more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine in just the past weekend.
Two men taken into custody by Border Patrol Saturday afternoon
Agents say the first incident happened around 3 Saturday afternoon. They say they spotted a group hiding under a tree on the Luke Air Force Base bombing range just east of Wellton. The group tried to escape, but Border Patrol says agents did take a 17-year-old and a 48-year-old man into custody.