A border patrol agent monitors a live feed from an integrated fixed tower (IFT) at US Border Patrol Tucson Sector Headquarters on Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
TUCSON, Arizona: Deep in the Arizona desert on the southern US border, a surveillance tower rises more than 150 feet (46 m) into the air, its swiveling cameras taking in the surrounding valley.
With a viewing range of up to 7.5 miles (12 km), it can watch over three nearby communities and into the foothills of the Baboquivari mountains, one of the most treacherous paths for migrants crossing from Mexico into the United States.
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A border patrol agent monitors a live feed from an integrated fixed tower (IFT) at US Border Patrol Tucson Sector Headquarters on Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Surveillance technology on the U.S./Mexico border
Live camera feeds are monitored at US Border Patrol Tucson Sector Headquarters on Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Surveillance technology on the U.S./Mexico border
Tucson Sector Arizona Air Coordination director Mark McComack details his team’s surveillance technology at US Border Patrol Tucson Sector Headquarters on Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Surveillance technology on the U.S./Mexico border
Border Patrol agent Armando Altamirano points out current lines of sight for Mobile Video Surveillance Systems at US Border Patrol Tucson Sector Headquarters on Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Surveillance technology on the U.S./Mexico border
The camera apparatus on a Mobile Video Surveillance System scans the borderlands in Nogales, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Surveillance technology on the U.S./Mexico border
Agents stand in front of maps displaying surveillance infrastructure at US Border Patrol Tucson Sector Headquarters on Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Surveillance technology on the U.S./Mexico border
Border Patrol’s newest Tethered Aerostat Radar System is grounded due to weather conditions in Nogales, Arizona, US. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
Surveillance technology on the U.S./Mexico border
