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 ...

US Border Patrol knows how to get the job done, we know how to secure the border. All we needed was a president that was ...

U.S. federal agencies continue to enforce national security, starting with border security in sectors like El Paso. Border ...

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 ...

A border congressman’s legislation headed to the House floor would impose harsher consequences on anyone who leads law ...

US Border Patrol agents seized more than 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine worth $19 million hidden in a shipment of jalapeños and cucumbers at the southern border Tuesday night, authorities said.

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 was a German national in the country on a current visa, authorities said.