U.S. Border Patrol agents in New Mexico apprehended three undocumented migrants who were wearing camouflage that made them look like the character Chewbacca from Star Warswith those who tried to go unnoticed.
Gloria Chávez, chief of the Border Patrol in the El Paso sector (Texas), published on her web page Twitter three photographs of the men covered in outfits known as “ghillie suits.” These use long fibers or leaves to resemble the natural environment.
Costumes that resemble Chewbacca’s fur
“People who enter the United States illegally will often use extraordinary tactics to evade detection and arrest,” Chavez said in the message accompanying the photos.
Likewise, he congratulated the agents of the El Paso and Santa Teresa (New Mexico) sectors “for intercepting the three migrants wearing ghillie suits to blend in with the desert terrain of southern New Mexico.”
The photographs show the three individuals, unidentified, wrapped in suits that, with dangling ribbons, resemble the lean vegetation of the desert region.
Migrant arrests
Between October of last year, when fiscal year 2022 began, and July of this year, the Border Patrol has made more than 2.2 million arrests of undocumented migrants in the south and southwest of the country.
Border Patrol agents in the El Paso sector, commanded by Chavez, have made 228,952 arrests of undocumented immigrants until July since the beginning of the fiscal period.
Although agents have encountered migrants from other countries, the majority are Mexican, Honduran, Salvadoran and Guatemalan.
SMUGGLER TACTICS! People that enter illegally into the #USAwill often use extraordinary tactics to evade detection & arrest. Kudos to #Step Sector #Santa Teresa agents for interdicting 3 migrants wearing #ghillie suits to blend into the southern #NewMexico desert terrain. @CBP pic.twitter.com/fDXWkYfQzd
— Gloria I. Chavez (@USBPChiefEPT) August 18, 2022
