Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner | x
Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner | x
The Yuma Sector Chief for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that two U.S. citizens and one Mexican national have been indicted following a January arrest for their alleged involvement in a human smuggling ring. This statement was made in a post on X on February 7.
According to the Yuma Sector Chief, the individuals were arrested on January 8. In addition to the three smugglers, 26 illegal aliens were arrested and processed for removal from the United States. The post also noted that CBP agents seized a cloned canine vehicle.
The Yuma Sector, as detailed on CBP's dedicated webpage, spans 181,670 square miles of desert between California and Arizona. It covers 126 miles of the U.S. border, stretching from the Imperial Sand Dunes to the Yuma-Pima County Line. Since its establishment in 2004, the sector has doubled in size and includes three border stations: Blythe in California, and Yuma and Wellton in Arizona.
Screenshot of Yuma Sector Chief's Feb. 7 post on X
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The U.S. Border Patrol, a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for safeguarding the nation’s borders against illegal entry of people and contraband. Since its inception in 1924, it has operated across 328 ports of entry and protected approximately 7,000 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of maritime borders.
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