Federal agent charged with violating civil rights

McALLEN, Texas – A 28-year-old former Border Patrol (BP) employee is facing charges that he deprived the constitutional rights of a Honduran teenager, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Authorities took Gregson…

Agents Seize Close to $355K of Narcotics

SALTON SEA, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle narcotics through an immigration checkpoint, Tuesday evening. At approximately 7:10 p.m., a red 2008…

RGV Agents Rescue 40 Migrants Entrapped in Metal Box

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three human smuggling events and encountered two large groups resulting in 322 apprehensions. On April 26, Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint…

South Texas woman ordered to prison for smuggling $1.5M in meth

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 24-year-old La Joya woman has been sent to prison for possessing with the intent to distribute more than 19 kilograms of highly pure meth, announced U.S. Attorney…

Mexican National Sentenced for Transporting Undocumented Noncitizens Near Van Horn

ALPINE – Yesterday a Mexican national, Pedro Ramirez-Urbina, 40, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for transporting illegal aliens in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324. Ramirez was…

Multiple Narcotics, Currency Seized Over Weekend

INDIO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four United States citizens in two separate events attempting to smuggle narcotics further into the United States. The first incident occurred on…

Convicted Sex Offender Arrested Over Weekend

OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested an undocumented individual with a prior sexual offense conviction, Sunday night. At approximately 9:21 p.m., agents encountered this…

Agents Intercept Tractor Trailer Smuggling Scheme

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – United States Border Patrol conducting traffic operations at the Interstate 10 Immigration Checkpoint interdicted a tractor-trailer smuggling scheme. On Saturday, April 23, 2022, Border Patrol agents working the…

15 convicted in $11M cartel drug conspiracy

LAREDO, Texas – Several individuals residing in South Texas and Mexico have pleaded guilty for their roles in a conspiracy to transport large quantities of marijuana forCartel del Noreste (CDN), announced U.S.…

Criminal Migrant Arrests Continue in RGV

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) agents arrested two migrant child sex offenders and multiple gang members. On April 22, Weslaco Border Patrol Station (WSL) agents processed Fernando Pena-Ramirez. Pena-Ramirez is…

RGV Agents Encounter Three Large Groups In 24 Hours

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners encountered three large groups and disrupted five human smuggling events resulting in 543 apprehensions. Rio Grande…

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…

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…