[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The U.S. and Mexico announced a joint effort to capture a woman and four men suspected of being smugglers
- The individuals, whose names are unknown, are said to be involved with transnational criminal organizations that smuggle migrants and drugs
- The smuggling incidents have taken place in Arizona in areas that are under the vigilance of the U.S. Border Patrol's Yuma and Tucson Sectors
- The photos of the suspects are being placed on billboards, bulletins, and posters in Mexico
- Their images will also be displayed at U.S. Border Patrol stations, immigration checkpoints, and international ports of entry in Arizona
'The 'Se Busca Información' (Information is Sought) initiative promotes unity and encourages the public to anonymously report information about wanted criminals,' said U.S. Customs and Border Protection deputy commissioner, Troy Miller. 'This is another example of the work the United States and Mexico are undertaking to continue to manage the border in a safe, orderly, and secure manner.'
The initiative was launched jointly in 2016 by the United States and Mexican governments to combat human and narcotics trafficking across the 1,954 miles of the border area.
| So not a new initiative at all. |
According to the monthly southwestern border report issued by CBP on August 15, the Yuma and Tucson Sectors ranked third and five, respectively, in encounters with migrants stopped for the unlawful crossing of the border in fiscal year 2022.
Of the 1,816,353 interdictions that were reported by U.S. Border Patrol agents between October 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022, a total of 259,895 took place in the Yuma Sector while 211,714 were documented in the Tucson Sector.
Border officials hope that the latest initiative can help prevent smuggling of dangerous border crossers like Josue Murrillo Solis, a 30-year-old Honduran national who was a sex offender and convicted felon, who was arrested this week by Yuma Sector agents.
Or even a smuggling attempt that could have turned deadly last Thursday when Tucson Sector agents rescued two children, an 18-month-old and a four-month-old, who were abandoned by smugglers in the Sonoran Desert.
The children – whose nationalities were not released – were found after agents stopped a group that had been smuggled from Mexico to the United States. The 18-month-old was crying and the four-month-old was lying face down and unresponsive. An agent provided first aid to the infant while waiting for an ambulance to arrive. Both children were taken to a local hospital for medical treatment. 
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