Border Patrol agents in Tucson responded to an emergency call south of Three Points, Arizona, where they rescued a Mexican national suffering from severe dehydration. The agents discovered that the man's companion had died.
On July 9, the Arizona Border Intelligence Center received a distress call from an individual who reported being lost in the southern Arizona desert for six days with minimal food and water. The caller expressed feeling unwell and believed his companion was deceased.
The Tucson Sector Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue team quickly located the individuals four miles east of Arizona State Route 286 at mile marker 33. BORSTAR emergency medical technicians confirmed one individual was deceased and arranged for an ambulance from the Three Points Fire District for the caller. The surviving Mexican national was taken to a local hospital and released after medical clearance.
Records identified the caller as an illegal alien previously removed from the United States; he will be processed under a reinstatement of a prior deportation order.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department collected the remains of the unidentified deceased individual. Efforts are underway by members of the Tucson Sector Foreign Operations Branch’s Missing Alien Program, in collaboration with the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office, to identify him and notify consular authorities.
This incident occurred shortly after a heat caution advisory was issued by the Chief of Tucson Sector for southern Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) describes itself as America's frontline: "the nation's largest law enforcement organization and the world's first unified border management agency." CBP employs over 65,000 personnel tasked with protecting America on land, air, and sea while facilitating safe travel and trade.
