Border Patrol First Responders Provide Aid

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents assist local law enforcement with vehicle accidents and render first aid to distressed migrants. Saturday evening, Weslaco Border Patrol Station agents…

Border Patrol Seize More Than 543 Pounds of Marijuana

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents seize more than $435K worth of marijuana in two separate incidents. Yesterday morning, RGV agents working near Garceno, Texas, observed several…

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest Convicted Sex Offender

EAGLE PASS, Texas – Del Rio Sector U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a convicted sex offender, August 30. Eagle Pass Station agents, patrolling near Camino Real International Bridge, arrested Robison Lopez-Morales, 29, a…

RGV Border Patrol Agents Arrest Three Gang Members and a Convicted Child Sex Offender

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest three gang members and a convicted child sex offender this week. Monday afternoon, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended…

Catholic Charities Official Invites Biden To Witness Border Crisis In Person

Kaylee Greenlee on September 7, 2021 Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas invited President Joe Biden to witness the migrant crisis for what would be his first trip…

Border Patrol Agents Rescue 27 Migrants from Railcars

Eagle Pass, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Eagle Pass Station rescued several undocumented migrants from auto hauler railcars, Sept. 1. “Outstanding work by agents and medical professionals to quickly extract these migrants…

7 gang members with serious criminal records caught at U.S. border crossing

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest several active gang members and two criminal migrants. Friday morning, Weslaco Border Patrol Station agents, apprehended an Ecuadoran national near…

Cartel smuggler threw mother, child from moving car as they eluded border agents

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector agents work alongside law enforcement partners to assist migrants placed in life threatening situations by smugglers. Friday evening, Rio Grande City Border Patrol…

Unaccompanied minors rescued at border being sent back to their native countries

LAREDO, Texas – In two separate incidents, Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents ensured the safety of several unaccompanied minors during two failed human smuggling incidents. The first incident occurred during the afternoon…

Mexican cartel loses $3 million in smuggled meth during botched border crossings

HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $3,066,900 in alleged methamphetamine and cocaine in two separate smuggling attempts. “As cartels continue to…

Border officials so overwhelmed, they are having hard time verifying age of young migrants

Customs and Border Protection agents are so overwhelmed with the number of migrants arriving at the southern border they’re having a hard time verifying whether some illegal migrants are minors or adults,…

Registered sex offender caught crossing border in Laredo

LAREDO, Texas – Agents from the Laredo South Border Patrol Station arrested a convicted sex offender and prevented him from entering the U.S. illegally near Rio Bravo, Texas. The arrest occurred during the…

$16 million in meth seized at Texas border crossing

PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $16,836,500 in alleged methamphetamine. “The seizure of this massive load of methamphetamine underscores…

Dangerous new border crossing tactic: Migrants hiding in railcars, buried in powdered clay

LAREDO, Texas – In two separate events over two days, Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station rescued undocumented individuals who used railcars in an attempt to further their dangerous…

More gang members arrested trying to cross U.S. border

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) agents have arrested and identified over 140 migrants gang members affiliated with ten different street gangs this fiscal year. Agents added to the yearly…

Agents seize 130 pounds of cocaine at border

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted three narcotic smuggling attempts totaling over 130 pounds of marijuana and more than 50 pounds of cocaine. Friday afternoon, Fort…

Texas court rules against Biden’s catch and release border orders

A federal trial court in Texas ruled against the Biden administration’s directives to catch and release some migrants on Thursday. A Texas federal judge blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from enforcing the Biden…

Two sex offenders caught crossing U.S.-Mexico border

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents prevented two convicted sex offenders from attempting to enter the U.S. illegally. The first apprehension occurred during the midafternoon of August 13, when agents…

More MS-13 gang members caught at U.S. border

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents arrested two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members, one of them was previously convicted of murder. Saturday morning, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents…

Mexican wanted in Albuquerque for rape caught trying to re-enter U.S. by border agents

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained a male subject wanted for rape out of Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, located in Albuquerque, New…

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