Six BORSTAR agents and three canines from the Tucson Sector are assisting in the search for over 100 people still missing after the July 4th Guadalupe River floods in the Texas Hill Country.

Members of the Border Patrol’s Search Trauma and Rescue unit, or BORSTAR, deployed to Central Texas, where floods killed at ...

BORTAC stands for Border Patrol Tactical Unit, and BORSTAR stands for Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue. Both of these elite units are highly trained and are capable of a multitude of things.