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Big Bend National Park is located in the far southwest of Texas and a five-hour drive to the nearest city of El Paso, Big Bend National Park is the most famous in the country, but still attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to its desert scene every year-it can grow in some cases in some cases to 30 feet in addition to the presence of a different era and studied close to the nearby Mexico.
After registering a record of 581,000 visitors in 2021, National Park Service (NPS) was more than 512,000 to Big Bend in 2025.
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Since 118 miles inside the park pass through the border between the United States and Mexico, the region that includes Big Bend sees a share of illegal border crossings, drug trafficking and human traffick Anti -sending of 200 soldiers From the fourth infantry division in Colorado to the Big Bend area, West Texas.
The local Marfa Local Public Radio was the first to report that more than 300 soldiers from other battalions would also be deployed in the area in the coming weeks.
“We will not be active patrols.” “We will be in detection and monitoring sites, to provide this information for the limits patrol, then go out and do their law enforcement function.”
Marva’s public radio also reported the vision of Humiery vehicles and fuel trucks in the garden area. Stephanie also said earlier said that eight -wheel STRYKER vehicles used to move across difficult terrain can also be sent to Big Bend.
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More military forces and vehicles that must be sent to Big Bend in the coming weeks
“If the task is dictated for security purposes to put our arms systems on these horse, they will be placed on Strykes,” Stephanie said on March 24.
All this comes amid the customs and border protection data (CBP) that shows that the Big Bend area has the least illegal border confrontation from any crossing in the southwestern region in 2025 until now – 4921 compared to 42886 in San Diego and 36,092 in El Paso. This is largely due to the long fungi of difficult terrain and the maximum temperatures that the garden is known to reach.
More about national parks:
- It is time to apply for permits for the activities of the Popular National Park
- Multiple national gardens warn of a similar danger
- One of the biggest crimes committed in a national park has been resolved
In another statement about the army and purchasing plans for the Big Bend region, the Lieutenant -Embroideer spokeswoman Sarah Rai said that the army was considering using the MRF municipal airport (MRF) to accommodate the forces that are sent to the area even though the accurate plans have not been confirmed yet.
Saguaro National Park is located in southwest Arizona Road Some travelers and those who move north of Mexico choose to take (this is why this national park drops periodically to the lists as the most dangerous country); It has not yet been targeted for similar military tasks by the current administration.
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