Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Identify Three Human Stash Houses

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents with assistance from local law enforcement agencies disrupt four smuggling attempts, resulting in 43 arrests. On April 11, RGV agents received…

April 12, 2022

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Laredo Field Office Ports of Entry Prepare, Implement Facilitation Measures in Light of Increased Holiday Traffic

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LAREDO, Texas — As the nation begins Holy Week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) is starting to process larger volumes of international travelers to the United States…

April 11, 2022

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RGV Apprehends 754 Migrants in Four Large Groups

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents encountered four large groups and interdicted multiple smuggling events resulting in 781 arrests. Over the weekend, Rio Grande City Border Patrol…

April 11, 2022

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Six Southern California Companies Ordered to Pay $1.83 Billion in Restitution for Scheming to Avoid Payment of Aluminum Duties

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LOS ANGELES – Six Southern California companies today were ordered to pay $1.83 billion in restitution for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the United States through a scheme in which huge…

April 11, 2022

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CBP Officers Seize Mixed Narcotics Worth over $608K at Del Rio Port of Entry

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DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers working at the Del Rio Port of Entry seized mixed narcotics worth over $608,000 in street value.…

April 9, 2022

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U.S. Citizen w/ Active Warrant Arrested & Multiple Firearms, Contraband Seized

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CALEXICO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen with an active warrant and multiple firearms Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 2:55 p.m., agents were conducting anti-smuggling duties…

April 9, 2022

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CBP Officers Seize 47 Pounds of Cocaine at the El Paso Port of Entry

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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers working at the Paso Del Norte international border crossing in downtown El Paso seized 47 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street…

April 9, 2022

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Brownsville CBP Officers Seize $527K Worth of Cocaine in Three Seizures

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged cocaine in three separate enforcement actions that have a combined estimated street value of…

April 8, 2022

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Federal Grand Jury A Indictments Announced- April 2022

Department of Justice Press Releases

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the April 2022 Federal Grand Jury A. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned…

April 8, 2022

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Eagle Pass Agents Disrupt Smuggling Attempt

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EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Eagle Pass South Station interdicted a smuggling attempt, April 6. At approximately 11 p.m., agents assigned to the immigration checkpoint on Highway…

April 7, 2022

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39 Arrests from Two U-Hauls at RGV Checkpoints

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents foil four smuggling attempts, resulting in 46 arrests. On April 6, the Brownsville Border Patrol Station (BRP) received information of a…

April 7, 2022

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CBP Officers Discover Three People Hiding in a Specially Built Compartment

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SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry thwarted an alleged human smuggling attempt Friday after discovering three men concealed in a specially built…

April 6, 2022

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Five Smuggling Events Foiled in One Day

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted five migrant smuggling events resulting in 29 arrests. On the morning of April 5, agents working at the Falfurrias Border…

April 6, 2022

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RGV Agents Provide Support to Distressed Migrants

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents rescue four migrants from remote ranch areas and one migrant from the Rio Grande. On April 5, Kingsville Border Patrol Station…

April 6, 2022

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Colombian National Apprehended at the St. Croix Henry E. Rohlsen Airport Sentenced to Federal Prison After Falsely Representing to be a Citizen of the United States

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St. Croix, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Andres Bejarano, age 34, a Colombian national, appeared before District Court Judge Wilma A Lewis and was sentenced today on…

April 6, 2022

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CBP Officers Encounter Another Firearm at Peace Bridge

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BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo seized another firearm in a vehicle that was encountered at the Peace Bridge. Yesterday, CBP officers encountered…

April 6, 2022

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Four Migrant Smuggling Events Interdicted

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted four migrant smuggling events with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) resulting in 28 arrests. Just…

April 5, 2022

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CBP Officers Seize $548,987 in Fentanyl at Del Rio Port of Entry

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DEL RIO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Del Rio Port of Entry recently seized more than a half million dollars in fentanyl in a passenger…

April 5, 2022

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Lost Female Migrant Rescued Over the Weekend Near Yuma

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YUMA, Arizona. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued an undocumented individual in the Imperial Sand Dunes, Saturday morning. At approximately 8:20 a.m., Calexico Border Patrol agents assisted Yuma…

April 5, 2022

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Man Arrested Attempting to Conceal Narcotics in Spare Tires & Transport Through a Checkpoint

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SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle narcotics through an immigration checkpoint Saturday morning. At approximately 8:40 a.m., a blue 2007…

April 5, 2022

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