Three dead after human trafficking ship breaks apart on California reef

SAN DIEGO — An attempt to smuggle more than 30 people into the United States along the coast of San Diego Sunday turned deadly after the smuggling boat broke apart along a reef…

California News

Migrant caravan of 172 from Central America caught attempting to cross border

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents successfully foil five human smuggling attempts and apprehend 172 migrants. Yesterday morning, RGV Border Patrol agents, with assistance from the Starr…

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Border Patrol rescues Guatemalan caravan lost in California desert

OTAY MESA, Calif. — San Diego Sector’s (SDC) Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) team rescued five migrants last Thursday who were lost near Otay Mountain during unseasonably warm and dry conditions. At approximately…

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Kidnapping call leads to a human trafficking stash house with 91 illegal aliens, COVID-19 cases

HOUSTON, TX – Houston Police Daryn Edwards today announced that a kidnapping call turned into the discovery of nearly 100 illegal aliens found in a residence and a possible human trafficking operation.…

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Border agents intercept overcrowded dingy at sea full of illegal immigrants

SAN DIEGO – On Thursday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations interdicted a small wooden “panga” type vessel 11 miles off the coast of Point Loma with 21 people on…

California News·Police Blotter

218 pounds of meth caught being smuggled through Arizona desert from Mexico

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station caught two different groups smuggling a total of 218 pounds of methamphetamine though the desert on Sunday. At approximately…

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Feds seize $11 million in cartel meth and cocaine at the border

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized hard narcotics in four separate, unrelated incidents that totaled over $11,000,000 in street value. “In an effort to…

Police Blotter

Passenger heading to New Jersey from Mexico caught with vials of liquid opioid

PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey man was arrested on April 11 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection after officers discovered a prescription pill cache in his baggage at Philadelphia International Airport. Pennsylvania State…

New Jersey News·Pennsylvania News·Police Blotter

21 pounds of Central American cocaine, heroin seized near Camp Pendleton

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a woman on Thursday afternoon who was transporting more than 21 pounds of heroin and cocaine in her vehicle. At approximately 12 p.m., agents…

California News

Another child dropped from atop U.S. Border Wall by human traffickers

IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. — San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents witnessed a smuggler drop a two-year-old child from atop the 18-foot-high border wall into the arms of the child’s father. The event began…

California News·Police Blotter

Human trafficking operations disrupted in Texas

EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) disrupted alien smuggling cases. On Tuesday afternoon, RGV agents received information of a suspected stash house located in…

Police Blotter

Border agents find 342 pounds of meth on Washington beach

PORT ANGELES, Wash. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United States Border Patrol agents assigned to the Port Angeles Station seized a significant amount of methamphetamine west of the city of Port Angeles…

Police Blotter

Three Members of Transnational Money Laundering Network Pleaded Guilty to Aiding Foreign Drug Trafficking Organizations

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – Within the last week, three individuals pleaded guilty to their involvement in a conspiracy to launder at least $30 million of drug proceeds combined throughout the United States on…

Virginia News

Austin Man Indicted for Transporting Aliens Resulting in Death

AUSTIN, TEXAS – In Del Rio today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 24-year-old Austin resident Sebastian Tovar with transporting illegal aliens resulting in death, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C.…

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Agents capture wanted human smuggler near Chula Vista

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Thursday morning, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested the leader of a human smuggling organization. The 43-year-old male Mexican national had become a top target for San Diego Sector (SDC)…

Police Blotter

Another MS-13 Gang Member Caught After Being Smuggled into U.S.

SALTON CITY, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested an MS-13 gang member Thursday afternoon. The incident occurred at approximately 3:45 p.m., when an agent assigned to the Indio…

California News·Police Blotter

Human smugglers bringing unaccompanied minors into the U.S. captured

DINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents disrupted two human smuggling events resulting in the arrest of 37 illegal aliens. Yesterday evening, RGV Border Patrol agents received information…

Government News

United States Attorney’s Office District of Arizona March 2021 Immigration and Border Crimes Report

I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326) 166 individuals were charged in March with illegal reentry A. 146 of those 166 individuals had previously been convicted of non-immigration criminal offenses in…

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800 pounds of weed intercepted at U.S. border crossing

RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas– Within hours, Rio Grande City Border Patrol (RGC) agents seized more than $660K worth of marijuana in two failed narcotics smuggling attempts. Last night, RGC agents working near…

Police Blotter

Border mule carrying $820k in meth in ’74 Chevy Cheyenne into U.S. caught

EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized methamphetamine valued at over $820,000 in two separate enforcement actions. “The smuggling of illicit narcotics is a…

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Three dead after human trafficking ship breaks apart on California reef

Migrant caravan of 172 from Central America caught attempting to cross border

Border Patrol rescues Guatemalan caravan lost in California desert

Kidnapping call leads to a human trafficking stash house with 91 illegal aliens, COVID-19 cases

Border agents intercept overcrowded dingy at sea full of illegal immigrants

218 pounds of meth caught being smuggled through Arizona desert from Mexico

Feds seize $11 million in cartel meth and cocaine at the border

Passenger heading to New Jersey from Mexico caught with vials of liquid opioid

21 pounds of Central American cocaine, heroin seized near Camp Pendleton

Another child dropped from atop U.S. Border Wall by human traffickers

Human trafficking operations disrupted in Texas

Border agents find 342 pounds of meth on Washington beach

Three Members of Transnational Money Laundering Network Pleaded Guilty to Aiding Foreign Drug Trafficking Organizations

Austin Man Indicted for Transporting Aliens Resulting in Death

Agents capture wanted human smuggler near Chula Vista

Another MS-13 Gang Member Caught After Being Smuggled into U.S.

Human smugglers bringing unaccompanied minors into the U.S. captured

United States Attorney’s Office District of Arizona March 2021 Immigration and Border Crimes Report

800 pounds of weed intercepted at U.S. border crossing

Border mule carrying $820k in meth in ’74 Chevy Cheyenne into U.S. caught

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