Members of the Uvalde community seeking state mental health resources can receive help through a single 24/7 hotline: 888-690-0799. The hotline has answered almost 300 calls to date.
Additionally, over the past week, Big Bend Sector Agents thwarted nine Undocumented Non-Citizen smuggling attempts leading to the arrest of 65 illegal aliens.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso area ports of entry have encountered individuals attempting to smuggle fentanyl concealed internally within their bodies over the past week.