Also caught a convicted felon and there were two unspecified rescues. Agents also found 111 pounds of methamphetamine, 99 pounds of fentanyl and 28.6 pounds of cocaine, Ortiz said.
U.S. Border Patrol agents seized a number of drugs and made a number of arrests over the weekend, officials said. (U.S Border Patrol)
Much of the fentanyl smuggled into the United States comes from Mexico, manufactured from chemicals that originate from China, officials have said.
"Amazing work this weekend!" he tweeted with three images of the drugs taken.
Last week, Ortiz testified before the House Homeland Security Committee where he disagreed with President Biden’s call to stop border wall construction, said there were policies in place that were holding agents back from doing their job, and backed agents who had falsely been accused of whipping Haitian migrants.