August 2018 - A National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk
helicopter crew inserted Border Patrol agents and a canine
into a desert remote area southwest of Tucson, Arizona,
where agents were able to rapidly deploy to apprehend two
Guatemalan nationals attempting to evade arrest. The two
men, ages 19 and 23, were dressed in camouflage and carpet
booties, items often used by illegal aliens in an attempt to
avoid detection. Both men had been apprehended in the past
and now face criminal prosecution for illegal re-entry.
The joint effort by the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection and National Guard was associated with Operation
Guardian Support that allows National Guard soldiers to
provide aerial support to the Border Patrol. Whether its
surveillance using UH-72 Lakota aircraft or transporting
agents in the UH-60 Blackhawk, Border Patrol agents are now
have eyes and boots in areas not heavily patrolled in the
past due to the vastness of southern Arizona’s desert.
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection video by Lu Maheda. Office of Public
Affairs, Visual Communications Division Edit by USA Patriotism
