Air and Marine Agents Alongside Law Enforcement and Fire Service Partners Rescued a Recreational Boater as His Vessel Sunk

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Marine Unit while on maritime patrol on Lake Ontario, rescued a recreational boater as his boat was sinking. Today, AMO agents operating an All-Weather…

RGV Agents Apprehend Criminal Migrants and Gang Members

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) agents arrested three criminal migrants and seven gang members this week preventing them from infiltrating our communities. On May 16, Falfurrias Border Patrol Station (FLF)…

Multiple Swimmers Thwarted from Entering the U.S.

IMPERIAL BEACH, CA – San Diego Sector (SDC) Border Patrol encountered multiple swimmers Monday morning. In the early morning of May 16, San Diego Sector Communications notified Imperial Beach Station of a…

Human Smugglers Continue to Disregard Public Safety

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners disrupted three human smuggling events. On May 17, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended four…

U.S. Attorney Vanessa R. Waldref Announces FBI Sweep Down on Gang Activity, Drug Trafficking, and Violent Crime in Yakima County

Yakama, WA – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a federal Grand Jury has returned numerous indictments charging multiple individuals with various federal crimes…

Prolific Fraudster Sentenced to Statutory Maximum Federal Sentence

Spokane, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Charice Unruh, 42, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today in federal court in…

Chicago Man Convicted Of Illegally Smuggling Migrants In A Freight Truck

Chicago Man Convicted Of Illegally Smuggling Migrants In A Freight Truck Jennie Taer on May 18, 2022 A jury convicted a Chicago man of smuggling illegal migrants from the border in Texas,…

Apprehensions and Property Damage in RGV Continues

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners encountered four large groups, disrupted three human smuggling events, including a human smuggling stash house resulting…

RGV Agents Provide Aid and Rescue People on Land and Water

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) riverine agents conduct two rescues saving four lives and an off-duty agent assist in vehicle accident. An off-duty Rio Grande City Border Patrol (RGC)…

Sean Robert Wathen of Hope, Idaho, Convicted for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

COEUR D’ALENE – A federal jury convicted Sean Robert Wathen on Friday, May 13, 2022, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Wathen worked with…

U.S. Citizen Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Two Undocumented Individuals

CALEXICO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations arrested a United States citizen and two undocumented individuals, Sunday afternoon. At approximately 3:55 p.m., agents attempted to conduct a…

Agents Rescue Two Distressed Migrants

OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued two undocumented migrants in the Jacumba Wilderness region Saturday night. At approximately 11:40 p.m., El Centro Sector Communications notified El…

Over 1.56M of Narcotics Seized Over the Weekend

IMPERIAL, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents in coordination with a joint task force of various law enforcement agencies seized over 1.56 million worth of narcotics in three separate events…

Californian charged with smuggling over $114,000 in taxi

McALLEN, Texas – A 26-year-old woman from California was residing in Atlanta, Georgia, has been indicted for smuggling cash into Mexico from the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Today, a…

Two charged for smuggling over 100 people through Laredo checkpoints

LAREDO, Texas – A Laredo federal grand jury has returned two separate and unrelated indictments which involve transporting and/or smuggling of large groups of undocumented aliens via tractor trailers, announced U.S. Attorney…

Jury convicts out-of-state man for human smuggling in Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A federal jury has convicted a 54-year-old Chicago, Illinois, man for transporting illegal aliens in a tractor trailer, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. The jury deliberated for…

Captain of Capsized Vessel Charged for Smuggling Migrants

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –U.S. Border Patrol Agents and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents presented a criminal complaint Friday against a man from the Dominican Republic for smuggling Haitian migrants on board…

Del Rio Sector Agents Encounter Five Large Groups of Migrants Over Weekend

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass Station apprehended five large groups of migrants in less than 31 hours. They were encountered almost immediately…

Tucson Man Sentenced to 30 Months for Alien Smuggling Involving Flight from Law Enforcement

TUCSON, Ariz. – Andrew Ryan Lozinski, 30, of Tucson, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 30 months in prison. Lozinski previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to…

Jackson Driver Who Fled Fatal Christmas Eve Crash Gets 7 Years in Prison

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A 28-year-old Jackson man has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for fleeing the scene of a fatal crash on Christmas Eve. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D.…

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