(25 Jul 2025) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4592505 ASSOCIATED PRESS Nogales, Arizona - 22 July 2025 1. Military personnel leaving army helicopter near border 2. Soldiers putting on protective gear ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunland Park, New Mexico - 23 July 2025 3. Tilt down of boundary marker on rugged US-Mexico border 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Morgan Lee, The Associated Press: ++STARTS ON SHOT 3 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 5 AND 6++ "I'm here on the southern border of New Mexico in a newly designated military zone. Where over the years and even in recent months, it was a high traffic area for immigration, illegal immigration between ports of entry. The military says that it's working hand in hand to back up Border Patrol with communication at every echelon." ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVE: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - 10 May 2023 5. Various of migrants walking towards U.S. side of border to turn themselves into authorities ASSOCIATED PRESS Nogales, Arizona - 22 July 2025 6. Soldiers boarding Stryker armored vehicle 7. Various of Stryker armored vehicles parked next to the border wall 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Col. Kyle Brown, Army battalion commander: ++STARTS ON SHOT 7 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 9 AND 10++ "These vehicles here are United States Army Stryker vehicles. And our soldiers are using these vehicles as part of our mission to detect and monitor traffic attempting to cross the border. However, you'll see that there are no machine guns or anti-tank missiles while we're down here supporting Border Patrol. So here in Nogales, we're using these vehicles almost exclusively for their cameras as well as their ability-- you can see they look fairly rugged and high off the ground-- to traverse some rugged terrain that sometimes Border Patrol's pickup trucks aren't able to." 9. Various of Border Patrol officers and army personnel 10. Border Patrol pickup truck turning around in road ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunland Park, New Mexico - 23 July 2025 11. Various of Sgt. Ernesto Nevarez demonstrating Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sgt. Ernesto Nevarez, US Army: ++STARTS ON SHOT 11 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 13++ "So this is the LRAD, stands for Long Range Acoustic Device. It basically broadcasts any tone or any voice at a longer distance. Then we can inform them with this and we can inform them that if they cross over the barrier, they will be in our national defense area. That is an early warning. If they cross into our national defense area, then they will be detained." 13. Close of LRAD ASSOCIATED PRESS Nogales, Arizona - 22 July 2025 14. Wide of soldiers and Stryker vehicles ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunland Park, New Mexico - 23 July 2025 15. Various of Dronebuster device 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Morgan Lee, The Associated Press: ++STARTS ON SHOT 14++ "They're also using what they call drone buster technology. Smuggling organizations, human trafficking organizations, are putting up drones, you know, off-the-shelf drones into the skies to look for places where there's a gap in enforcement." ASSOCIATED PRESS Nogales, Arizona - 22 July 2025 17. Various of Sgt. Ana Harker 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Sgt. Ana Harker, US Army: ++STARTS ON SHOT 17 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 19++ 19. Harker inside Stryker 20. Aerial view of wall ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunland Park, New Mexico - 23 July 2025 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Morgan Lee, The Associated Press: ++STARTS ON SHOT 20++ "It's gotten a lot quieter in recent months starting last year." 22. Army personnel standing on border 23. Border Patrol officer Claudio Herrera driving along border Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7d041c7c9ecb452c8bbc2190342d036b