Border unit treats those crossing desert – BORSTAR From: azcentral.com
Tagged: border, border patrolPosted on: June 19th, 2008
BORSTAR consists of 44 agents. All are emergency medical technicians and six of them are paramedics. Each also has at least two years of Border Patrol experience, Escalante said.
In the past couple of years, more illegal immigrants have been carrying cellphones, which they are increasingly using to call for help.
Vince Hampel, BORSTAR’s deputy commander, said that so far this year, most of the 9-1-1 calls reporting illegal immigrants in distress have been made by the immigrants themselves.”*
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