Border Officials Announce Dramatic Drop in Yuma Sector Rescues, Deaths

Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre said ’the message is out' not to enter the United States illegally.

The border wall along the canal road in Yuma, Ariz., showed no signs of migrant activity on Jan. 23, 2025. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

Illegal immigrant rescues and deaths in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector are down nearly 80 percent compared to the same time last year, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced on April 25.

Yuma Sector Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre told reporters at a press briefing in Yuma, Arizona, that for fiscal year 2025, his agents have so far conducted 19 rescues and recorded one death.