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 ...

At 12:08 p.m. Mountain Disrupt Unit, Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), and Border Patrol Search Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) agents infiltrated to the area, locating the injured victim and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The new head of the Border Patrol is in the Valley Friday. Mike Banks is in Edinburg where he will be swearing in 300 National Guard and Texas Department of ...