Smugglers Continue to Place Human Lives at Risk

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted six migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 125 arrests. Agents rescued 86 migrants from a trailer and two more from a…

95 Migrants Encountered in the New Mexico Desert

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents from El Paso Sector encountered two large groups of migrants in the New Mexico desert on Thursday. The first encounter occurred at approximately 8:00…

RGV Agents Arrest Five Gang Members

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) and an 18th Street gang members over several days. On March 21, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents…

Uvalde Agents Arrest Previously Deported Sex Offender

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Uvalde Station arrested a convicted sex offender shortly after he illegally entered the United States, March 22. At approximately…

46 Migrants Discovered in Smuggling Attempt

UVALDE, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Uvalde Station encountered 46 smuggled migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer belly-dump rig, March 23. At approximately 7:45 a.m.,…

Fort Hood soldiers sentenced for role in alien smuggling conspiracy

LAREDO, Texas – Two soldiers stationed in Texas have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to transport undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery Isaiah Gore, 21, and Denerio Williams,…

Stolen Vehicle & Narcotics Recovered at the Highway 86 Checkpoint

El Centro Sector agents recovered a stolen vehicleattempted to be driven through an immigration checkpoint. SALTON CITY, Calif.-El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three United States citizens found in possession of a…

Del Rio Agents, Texas DPS Respond to Failure to Yield

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Del Rio Station responded to a failure to yield March 10. At approximately 9 a.m., Texas Department of Public…

Assassin for Mexican Cartel Sentenced to Life in Prison

EL PASO – A Mexican national was sentenced today to life in prison and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for his role in the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations. According to court documents,…

Man from El Paso pleads guilty to hostage taking

ALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Jonathan Gonzalez, 35, of El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court on March 18 to an indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to take a hostage…

Head of the Gulf Cartel indicted

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Jose Alfredo Cardenas-Martinez aka El Contador has been indicted in the Southern District of Texas on various charges related to his position as the head of the Cardenas family…

Woman Arriving At Henry E. Rohlsen Airport Sentenced For Attempting To Smuggling 6.6 Kilograms Of Marijuana

St. Croix, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Yvette Simeina, aged 41, was sentenced to two years of probation and a $1,000 fine for attempting to smuggle…

Three Smuggling Interdictions Lead To 36 Arrests

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 36 arrests. On March 21, Kingsville Border Patrol Station agents working at the Javier…

Drug Smugglers Float a Chevy Trailblazer Across the Rio Grande

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted two narcotics smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of more than 731 pounds of marijuana. On the evening of March 22,…

Jackson resident loses $19,000 in Bitcoin scam

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A Jackson Township resident has been scammed out of $19,000 in a telephone-based Bitcoin scam. Today, police are warning residents saying it was just one of many that…

Air and Marine Operations ASTAR finds a Pair of Migrants Abandoned in the West Desert

Ajo, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) located a pair of migrants abandoned in the desert. Friday evening, while responding to a reported group…

Multiple Large Groups Encountered in Del Rio Sector

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector encountered four large groups of migrants after they illegally entered the United States, March 18 – 21. On March…

Seven Failed Smuggling Attempts Lead to 106 Arrests

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted seven migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 106 arrests. On the morning of March 21, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) received…

Guatemalan National Sentenced for Entering the United States After a Prior Removal

BANGOR, Maine: A Guatemalan national was sentenced today in federal court for entering the United States after a prior removal, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr.…

EMS employee indicted for smuggling two in ambulance

LAREDO, Texas – A 45-year-old man has been indicted on alien smuggling charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. A federal grand jury returned the three-count indictment against Hugo Daniel Torres. He…

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