BORTAC stands for Border Patrol Tactical Unit, and BORSTAR stands for Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue. Both of these elite units are highly trained and are capable of a multitude of things.

The U.S. Border Patrol chief visited the Rio Grande Valley Friday to speak with agents on the line and commission 300 ...

U.S. Border Patrol agents will stop using body cameras immediately in all field operations following social media posts that revealed how to identify Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs ...

Magnus’ and ‘Magnum’ are advanced 4x4 special-purpose vehicles designed for patrol and response operations. ‘Magnum’ made its ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- U.S. federal agencies continue to enforce national security, starting with border security in sectors like El Paso. Border Patrol ... immigration operations in El Paso ...

NOGALES — The U.S. Border Patrol is reinforcing sections of the border wall with concertina wire in urban areas near ports of entry in Nogales and San Luis. Security along the U.S.-Mexico ...

Border Patrol aircraft have been targeted by lasers at least six times since October, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday. The agency said its Air and Marine Operations helicopter ...

Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to attack US Border Patrol agents with kamikaze ... the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center (EPT-IOC) received information advising ...

Chief Mike Banks is no stranger to the U.S. Border Patrol ... operations, even holding high-ranking official titles here in the Rio Grande Valley. “This is my forever home, the valley has a ...

EL CENTRO — Chief Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino of the El Centro Sector Border Patrol provided an update regarding the hikers attacked by suspected members of the Sinaloa cartel. On January 23, Chief ...