Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner | X
Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner | X
Yuma Sector agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Wellton Station have arrested Ezequiel Leyva Gomez, who had been convicted of dangerous drug possession and sale, and sentenced to five years in prison. This information was shared in a December 11 post on X.
In the post, the Yuma Sector Chief Patrol Agent said: "#WelltonStation agents arrested an illegal border crosser in the #sonorandesert over the weekend and discovered he was a convicted felon. Ezequiel Leyva Gomez, a 29-year-old Mexican national, was convicted of dangerous drug possession/sale and sentenced to five years in prison."
According to CBP's webpage dedicated to it, the Yuma sector spans 181,670 square miles of desert between California and Arizona. It includes 126 miles of the U.S. border stretching from the Imperial Sand Dunes to the Yuma-Pima County Line. Over the last two decades, this sector has doubled in size since its establishment in 2004. The sector encompasses three border stations: Blythe in California and two others in Arizona - Yuma and Wellton.
Screenshot of Yuma Sector Chief Dec. 11 post on X
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The U.S. Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency operating under the Department of Homeland Security. It is tasked with safeguarding the nation's borders against illegal entry of people and contraband. Since its inception in 1924, it has been operating across 328 ports of entry while protecting approximately 7,000 miles of land borders and an extensive 95,000 miles of maritime borders.
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