Technical Assistance.

$15.2K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of Homeland Security
Country	Guatemala
Start Date	Mar 10, 2004
End Date	Jan 06, 2008
Duration	1,397 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`7305-5`

Grant Description

There are several Special Operations Units within Border Patrol: BORTAC, which is the Border Patrol Tactical unit and BORSTAR, the Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue unit. BORSTAR teams began providing binational training to Mexican officers in the year 2000.

More than 400 Mexican law enforcement officials have been trained in basic search and rescue, first aid, land navigation, basic technical rescue and aquatic safety.

The Border Patrol, BORTAC unit has participated in training law enforcement personnel in a number of international venues.

The sectors and headquarters are also involved in the International Visitors Program (IVP) and host tours for foreign dignitaries wanting to see first-hand operations of how our borders are kept safe between the ports of entries.