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.

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Outgoing Baja California Secretary of Public Safety said a few days ago the attack of presumed Cartel members on hikers in the Jacumba area were fake news.

ALPINE, Texas — A missing hiker was rescued on January 12 in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park by a collaborative effort between an Air and Marine Operations AS350 helicopter crew from Alpine, ...

Owens has completed training in both BORTAC, Border Patrol’s Tactical Unit and BORSTAR, its Search Trauma and Rescue Units. He is only one of about two dozen agents with this training.

The killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland is tied to a cultlike group that federal prosecutors have linked to five ...

Here’s a look at the timeline of events in a series of killings that culminated in a Jan. 20 highways shootout that killed a ...

( NewsNation) — Border Patrol agents will stop using body cameras in the field effective immediately, multiple sources have ...

A new report indicates that border patrol agents may no longer be wearing body-worn cameras, at least not for the time being.