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Yuma, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma Sector’s Wellton Border Patrol station captured two suspects involved in the armed robbery of a store in Hyder, Ariz. Sunday at 10 p.m.

The Yuma County Sherriff’s Office requested Border Patrol assistance and alerted agents that three individuals, armed with a shotgun, robbed the store and that two of the individuals left in a vehicle while the third fled on a stolen all-terrain vehicle. The agents located a vehicle matching the description given by the sheriff’s office and initiated a vehicle stop. The vehicle’s occupants, both U.S. citizens, were apprehended by a sheriff’s office deputy at the scene and were transported to the crime scene where they were positively identified.

While searching for the third suspect and the stolen ATV, agents located a shotgun matching the description of the gun used in the robbery. The ATV was later recovered in Dateland, Ariz. The suspect has not been located.

“The actions of our Border Patrol agents highlight the cooperative partnership aspect of our law enforcement mission,” said Yuma Sector’s acting Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey Calhoon. “While our primary job is to patrol the border, we routinely provide assistance to our fellow law enforcement agencies.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.