USBP AMO ( Air and Marine Operations) Hoist Rescue, Baboquivari Mountains near Tucson, Arizona

An Air and Marine Operations (AMO) air crew, partnering with Border Patrol Agents, rescued a female undocumented migrant in distress in the Baboquivari Mountains near Tucson, Arizona, January 10, 2022.

Border Patrol agents encountered the severely dehydrated woman and determined that she was physically unable to continue walking.

The air crew, aboard a H-60 Black Hawk helicopter, performed hoist iterations to rescue the medically distressed female, and to extract the Border Patrol agents off the mountain.

The female was transported to a forward operating base and transferred to medical personnel.