Douglas CBP Officers Seize Weapons and Ammunition
CBP officers seized cache of weapons headed for Mexico U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers performing outbound enforcement operations at the Area Port of Douglas, Arizona (RHC), seized 13 weapons, eight…
In Two Weeks Chicago CBP Seizes 734 Counterfeit IDs
CHICAGO–-U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered counterfeit driver’s licenses inside inbound packages moving through the International Mail Facility at O’Hare International Airport. During a routine examination of packages, officers focused…
CBP Officers Seize Methamphetamine and Nab 26 Fugitives
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of entry seized 130 pounds of methamphetamine and arrested 26 fugitives within the span of one…
CBP Officers Seize $35.2 Million in Methamphetamine at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Laredo Port of Entry seized more than $35 million in alleged methamphetamine in a commercial truck hauling strawberry purée.…
RGV Agents Assist Injured Migrants
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners disrupted two human smuggling stash houses, a large group, and assisted four injured migrants. On April…
Laredo Sector Border Patrol halts a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint stopped a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer north of Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on the…
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrest sex offender
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents from the Laredo North Station arrested a convicted sex offender at the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint north of Laredo, Texas. The arrest occurred on…
Laredo CBP Officers Apprehend Fugitive Sought for Sexual Offense
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry apprehended one male subject wanted on outstanding felony warrant for a sexual offense involving a minor.…
Laredo Sector Border Patrol Culminates the Youth of the Month Program, Proudly Presents April and May Youth of the Month Honorees
Laredo, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol culminated the Youth of the Month Program by announcing the April and May 2022 honorees with a virtual ceremony. Laredo Sector held the ceremony on April…
Dulles CBP Weed Seizures Crush Brits 420 Day Kush
STERLING, Va. – There were likely a lot of upset Brits who were unable to properly partake in the 420 Day observance after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a…
Effective Law Enforcement Partnership Leads to the Arrest of a Convicted Human Smuggler along with 21 other Non-citizens in Rangeley, Maine
RANGELEY, Maine — On April 14, 2022, in two separate events, U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in Rangeley, Maine, arrested 22 subjects: fifteen (15) individuals in Wilton, Maine, and seven (7) others…
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Criminal Sex Offenders and Gang Members in RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) and a 18th Street gang member and two convicted sex offenders. On April 20, Rio Grande City Station agents encountered…
RGV Agents Interdict Five Migrant Smuggling Events
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners interdicted two migrant stash houses, two large groups, and encountered a vehicle crash and resulting vehicle…
Migrants Rescued From Hidden Compartment by RGV Agents
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents rescue migrants trapped within a cattle trailer hidden compartment and disrupted two more migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 24 arrests. On…
Unaccompanied Toddler Abandoned at Border in Rio Grande Valley, Texas
ROMA, Texas – Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encounter an unaccompanied two-year-old boy near the Rio Grande. RGC agents working near Roma encountered a two-year-old Noncitizen Unaccompanied Child (NUC)…
Area Port of Cleveland Sees Record Number of Drugs & Counterfeits 16,000 Pounds of Narcotics and $252 Million of Counterfeits Seized by CBP
CLEVELAND–The Area Port of Cleveland oversees major express consignment operations (ECO) in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Louisville. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers that work in these facilities seize illegal shipments nightly…
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Murderer
BRACKETTVILLE, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a convicted a murderer shortly after he illegally entered the United States, April 14. At approximately 10:30 a.m., Brackettville Station agents apprehended…
Two Human Stash Houses and Large Groups Encountered in RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt two human smuggling stash houses. On April 18, Weslaco Border Patrol Station…
Del Rio Sector Continues Steady Apprehensions of Sex Offenders
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector recently arrested two convicted sex offenders. April 13, Del Rio Station agents arrested 42-year-old Humberto Alvarez-Peralta, a Mexican national,…
Child Predators Arrested by USBP Agents
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest two child sexual predators and more gang members. Agents working at the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint referred a tractor trailer…
VIDEO RELEASE: Air and Marine Operations Black Hawk Rescue from the Baboquivari Mountains
Editors note: click on photo for video. TUCSON, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) extracted two migrants suffering from leg and back injuries in the…