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Border Patrol agents use horse patrol, helicopter to arrest suspected migrants

Posted at 6:10 PM, Aug 02, 2022

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — U.S. Border Patrol agents used multiple tools at their disposal recently to arrest ten suspected migrants near Arivaca.

After the group was reported, agents from the Tucson Station responded with a horse patrol, while guided by a helicopter, according to Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin.

Modlin says that the group of ten adults consisted of individuals from El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.

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