San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 9,000 migrants last week. The report propelled the sector into the busiest position for the second consecutive week. Apprehensions in the Tucson Sector recently fell to below 7,000 per week for the first time in months.
San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel posted a weekly recap on X, crediting her agents with the apprehension of 8,959 migrants during the second week of April. This is up from just under 7,000 one week earlier.
Weekly Update, 4/10/24 – 4/13/24
— Chief Patrol Agent Patricia D. McGurk-Daniel (@USBPChiefSDC) April 17, 2024
-8,959 Apps from 67 countries
-196 Unaccompanied Minors Encountered
-36 Rescues
-67 Human Smuggling Events Interdicted
SEIZED:
-95 lbs Cocaine
-297 lbs Meth
-1.2 lbs Fentanyl
-18 lbs Marijuana
-35 Smuggling Conveyances
-1 Gun
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Between April 3 and April 10, San Diego Sector agents apprehended 6,997 migrants. The two-week total of 15,956 migrant apprehensions catapulted the sector into first place.
Weekly Update, 4/3/24 – 4/9/24
— Chief Patrol Agent Patricia D. McGurk-Daniel (@USBPChiefSDC) April 10, 2024
-6,997 Apprehensions from 70 countries
-151 Unaccompanied Minors Encountered
-38 Rescues
-32 Human Smuggling Events Interdicted
SEIZED:
-28 lbs. Cocaine
-41 lbs. Methamphetamine
-17 Smuggling Conveyances
-1 Firearm
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In contrast, the Tucson Sector, which led the apprehensions reports for the past several months, fell to 13,300 for the two most recent weekly reports by Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin.
Week in Review…
— John R. Modlin (@USBPChiefTCA) April 12, 2024
- 6,700 Apprehensions
- 236 Federal Criminal Cases
- 25 Human Smuggling Events
- 21 lbs. of Fentanyl Seized
- 14 Rescues
- 13 Narcotics Events
- 8 Firearms Seized
- 1 Significant Arrest
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For several months, the Tucson Sector averaged more than 10,000 apprehensions per week.
Beachside residents of Carlsbad, California, were shocked earlier this week when a boat loaded with more than 20 suspected illegal migrants sped onto the beach and unloaded its cargo, Breitbart Texas reported.
A local resident captured the video as the boat narrowly missed people in the water. The human smuggling incident appeared to be coordinated with vehicles waiting to pick up many of the migrants and shuttle them inland.
“I counted 22 people jumping off. It looked like a military exercise,” the cameraman told the San Diego ABC affiliate. One car, one SUV, and then ten got in it, but they left the rest behind, and they [migrants] just started walking towards Carlsbad.”
San Diego agents encountered just over 33,000 migrants during the month of March, making the sector the second busiest for the month. The Tucson Sector accounted for 42,000 migrant apprehensions that month.
Bob Price is the Breitbart Texas-Border team’s associate editor and senior news contributor. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday morning talk show. He also serves as president of Blue Wonder Gun Care Products.