Mounted border patrol guards U.S.-Mexico border

Record ID: 1987855

  • Title: Mounted border patrol guards U.S.-Mexico border
  • Date: 2nd April 2025
  • Summary: SANTA ROSA, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES (APRIL 1, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MOUNTED BORDER PATROL GUARDING BORDER PLASTIC TRASH ON SAND VARIOUS OF CBP AGENTS ON HORSEBACK PLASTIC TRASH ON SAND BORDER WALL (SOUNDBITE) (English) CBP AGENT, VICTOR CABRERA, SAYING: “The importance of the horses is that we could run them through all terrains, whether mountain, desert, as you can
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  • Keywords: Mexico United States border horses mounted police
  • Location: SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES / CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
  • City: SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES / CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: South America / Central America,North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001373002042025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:U.S. Border Patrol agents use horses to monitor the border between New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico.
    The agency has been employing horses since 1924, and now they supplement the services provided by military vehicles and helicopters, given their ability to travel in various terrains and reach remote areas, Border Patrol agent Victor Cabrera said on Tuesday (April 1).
    President Donald Trump took an array of actions to deter illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border after returning to the White House on January 20, saying a crackdown was needed after high levels of migration under his Democratic predecessor former President Joe Biden.
    U.S. government said on Tuesday the number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in March fell to the lowest level ever recorded.
    (Production: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Rodolfo Pena Roja, Nina Lopez)
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