BORTAC stands for Border Patrol Tactical Unit, and BORSTAR stands for Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue. Both of these elite units are highly trained and are capable of a multitude of things.

MISSION, Texas (AP) — An idled Border Patrol bus sat empty this week, on standby for any migrants surrendering near the ...

An Air and Marine Operations UH-60 crew prepares to land and pick up Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit (BORSTAR) agents after a search and rescue for an injured hiker in Arizona in October ...

Border Patrol’s Laredo Sector has a new leader ... and patrol agent in charge of the National BORSTAR Unit. Before joining the agency, Muñoz served for eight years in the U.S. Army as a combat medic ...

"Every single border patrol agent is a first responder, of course we have our BORSTAR team in place and these men and women are equipped with special training and equipment to make those high ...

Agent David “Chris” Maland died in a shooting following a traffic stop, the FBI said. A second person killed in the incident ...

Border Patrol agents responded to emergency calls ... to Sharp Medical Center in San Diego for treatment. "BORTAC and BORSTAR agents maintained a secure perimeter and tracked the assailants ...

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept.