Laredo Sector Border Patrol public service announcement highlights dangers of crossing border

The Laredo Sector Border Patrol (LSBP) recently released a public service announcement (PSA) describing the dangers of illegally crossing the border.

The PSA, titled “No Arriesgue Su Vida” (Don’t Risk Your Life), highlights the potential dangers of relying on smuggling cartels to cross the border including crossing the Rio Grande River, being abandoned in the brush, physical and sexual assault, and being locked in a trailer during extreme temperatures.

Border Patrol agents in Laredo rescued over 1,000 illegal aliens this fiscal year, a 23 percent increase over the last fiscal year. The Laredo Sector also recorded more than 70 deaths along the border, which is a 12 percent increase from last fiscal year.