Outgoing Baja California Secretary of Public Safety said a few days ago the attack of presumed Cartel members on hikers in ...

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.

The incident happened about 70 miles east of San Diego. Agents with the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC, responded and lent medical aid to the injured hiker. Pentagon to send up to 1,500 ...

A hiker was brutally attacked by "suspected cartel members" while exploring a wilderness area near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County, according to the U.S. Border Patrol El Centro Sector ...

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — A group of American hikers was “brutally attacked and strafed with gunfire” on Wednesday in the Jacumba Wilderness area, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.

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.

Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens is retiring in April, and will be replaced by Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, after a historic crisis at the southern border.