Federal border officials are sending additional resources to the Ajo Border Patrol Station in Arizona’s Tucson border sector, citing increased border crossings and smuggling activity in the remote area.
“The Border Patrol has surged personnel and transportation resources to respond to the increase in encounters in the area -- some of the hottest, most isolated, and dangerous area of the southwest border -- where individuals have been callously sent by smuggling organizations to walk for miles, often with little or no water,” a spokesperson with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told NTD News in an emailed statement.
