Agents with the Blythe Station disrupted three human smuggling events during highway operations on October 21, according to an October 23 post on X.
According to the post, agents stopped three separate vehicles and arrested 12 Mexican nationals. One vehicle stop occurred near Kingman, Arizona, on Interstate 40. Two more happened near Wickenburg, Arizona, on Highway 93.
The Blythe Station in California opened in 1948. Within five years, agents at the station apprehended several hundred undocumented migrants. In 1961, the existing Blythe Station housed four agents. Modular buildings were later added to provide offices for more personnel. Agents with this station are responsible for California and Arizona checkpoints, working through Southeast California, northwest Arizona, and all of Nevada, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website focused on the Blythe Station.
The Yuma Sector spans approximately 181,670 square miles between California and Arizona. It includes 126 miles of the U.S. border from Imperial Sand Dunes in California to the Yuma-Pima County Line, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s web page focused on this sector.
U.S. Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for safeguarding national borders and preventing illegal entry of people and contraband. Established in 1924, it operates in 328 ports of entry and protects 7,000 miles of land borders along with 95,000 miles of maritime borders.
