List of U.S. Customs and Border Protection-related deaths
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is involved with a significant number of deaths every year. These include in-custody deaths, officer-involved deaths, and deaths due to the risks involved in border crossing. There are certain reporting requirements on the agency, but these have changed over the years. This article includes information derived from CBP reporting.
2025
| Date | Location | Name | Age | Nationality | CBP disclosure | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-26 | Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, San Antonio, Texas | Mexico | 2026-01-12[1] | |||
| 2025-12-11 | Starr County Hospital, Rio Grande City, Texas | Isaias Sanchez Barboza | 31 | Mexico | 2025-12-17[2] | Shot by a Border Patrol agent following a scuffle.[3] |
| 2025-10-13 | Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, San Antonio, Texas | 20 | Cuba | 2025-10-24[4] | ||
| 2025-10-13 | Near El Paso, Texas | Guatemala, Mexico | 2025-10-24[5] | |||
| 2025-10-04 | Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, Texas | Mexico | 2025-10-24[6] | |||
| 2025-09-20 | Peace Arch Port of Entry, Blaine, Washington | Trinn A. Hatch | 43 | United States | 2025-10-23[7] | Died of suspected artery blockage.[8] |
| 2025-08-18 | El Paso, Texas | Ecuador | 2025-08-25[9] | |||
| 2025-07-07 | McAllen, Texas | Ryan Mosqueda | 27 | United States | 2025-07-10[10] | Shot three CBP employees outside a facility before being killed by federal agents.[11] |
| 2025-06-21 | State Route 90 near Benson, Arizona | 35, 17 | United States | 2025-08-25[12] | ||
| 2025-06-15 | University Medical Center, El Paso, Texas | 41 | Guatemala | 2025-08-25[13] | ||
| 2025-03-29 | Onvida Health Yuma Medical Center, Yuma, Arizona | 52 | China | 2025-04-08[14] | ||
| 2025-03-10 | South Texas Health System, McAllen, Texas | Mexico | 2025-10-23[15] | |||
| 2025-01-16 | Del Sol Medical Center, El Paso, Texas | Honduras | 2025-05-14[16] |
2024
| Date | Location | Name | Age | Nationality | CBP disclosure | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-29 | Near Ajo, Arizona | Ecuador | 2025-05-13[17] | |||
| 2024-10-25 | Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus, El Paso, Texas | Mexico | 2025-05-13[18] | |||
| 2024-10-01 | Methodist Hospital Metropolitan, San Antonio, Texas | Mexico | 2025-05-07[19] | |||
| 2024-09-25 | Mimbres Memorial Hospital, Deming, New Mexico | 34 | Unknown | 2025-03-04[20] | ||
| 2024-08-15 | Duval County, Texas | Dominican Republic | 2025-01-28[21] | |||
| 2024-08-09 | Near Arivaca, Arizona | Mexico | 2025-05-07[22] | |||
| 2024-07-07 | Hospital in El Paso, Texas | Unidentified | 2025-01-16[23] | |||
| 2024-06-25 | University Medical Center of El Paso, El Paso, Texas | Unidentified |
See also
- List of deaths in ICE detention
- List of shootings by U.S. immigration agents in the second Trump administration
- No More Deaths
References
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Agents encounter illegal alien having a heart attack after crossing the border". 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Border Patrol Agent defends himself in deadly struggle with illegal alien". 17 December 2025.
- ^ Torres, Claudia (17 December 2025). "CBP: Border Patrol agent shoots Mexican man 3 times in Starr County". Valley Central. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Illegal alien dies in custody from unreported pre-existing condition". 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Multiple illegal aliens killed during vehicle pursuit and crash following rocking of a Border Patrol vehicle". 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Woman dies from pre-existing cancer after illegally crossing the Rio Grande River". 24 October 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Subject dies in custody at the Blaine Peace Arch POE". www.cbp.gov. 23 October 2025.
- ^ McCarthy, Grace (5 November 2025). "Blaine man remembered for touching lives worldwide following Peace Arch death". The Northern Light. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Illegal Alien struck by vehicle while running across the highway in El Paso". 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Shooter killed in attack on Border Patrol facility". 10 July 2025.
- ^ Villarreal, Mireya; Barr, Luke (7 July 2025). "Suspect dead after opening fire on entrance of Texas Border Patrol building". ABC News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Border Patrol Agents discover crash with fatalities involving a motorcycle and a convertible". 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Alien drowns in the American Canal in El Paso after entering illegally". 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Woman from China dies at U.S. Border Patrol facility in Yuma". 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: CBP detainee with terminal illness dies at the hospital in McAllen, TX". 23 October 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Man dies during a medical emergency after illegally entering the U.S near Clint, TX". 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Man from Mexico dies from pneumonia and heart disease after crossing the border near Lukeville, Ariz". 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Man from Mexico with heart disease dies while illegally crossing the border". 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Migrant found in Dimmit County; Dies from Environmental Exposure". 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Statement of Incident: Man illegally in the U.S. dies from hyperthermia south of Deming, New Mexico". 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Man from the Dominican Republic dies from extreme dehydration after illegally crossing the border". 28 January 2025.
- ^ "Statement of Incident: Woman from Mexico dies after being ejected from human smuggling vehicle". 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Incident: Migrant killed following failure to yield in El Paso, Texas". 16 January 2025.
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