EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Members of the Border Patrol’s Search Trauma and Rescue unit, or BORSTAR, deployed to Central Texas, where floods killed at least 120 people during the Fourth of July weekend and where nearly 200 are still missing.
These Border Patrol teams from across the United States are taking with them “elite” rescue skills, emergency medical care, and tactical readiness.
Border Patrol trains elite unit to assist injured agents, abandoned migrants
They also have lots of experience.
Just last year, BORSTAR and the Border Patrol rescued 5,400 individuals along the Southwest border. Most of the rescues involved finding migrants lost in deserts or mountains, but many involved pulling individuals from rivers and canals along the border. Unfortunately, much of their work also involved recovering bodies…