Human Smugglers Cause Brush Fire and Property Damage

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted six migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 15 arrests. Just after noon on March 30, a human smuggler in a Chevrolet…

March 31, 2022

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RGV Border Patrol Has a Busy 24-Hours

US and World News

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted five migrant smuggling events within 24-hours that resulted in 140 arrests. Yesterday morning, RGV agents, with the assistance from Texas…

March 30, 2022

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ACTIVITY IN THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

Department of Justice Press Releases

Chief United Stated District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced TYLER EUGENE MCCURDY 40, of Riverton, Wyoming on March 16, 2022, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm…

March 30, 2022

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CBP Officers Seize over $2 Million in Methamphetamine at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridges

US and World News

HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridge intercepted $2,300,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine. “Our CBP officers continue to rely on their…

March 30, 2022

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Migrant Discovered Concealed Under Vehicle Floorboard

US and World News

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted five migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 39 arrests. On March 27, Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint FLF agents referred a Ford…

March 29, 2022

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Bakersfield Resident Sentenced to over 3 Years in Prison for Transporting over 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine

Department of Justice Press Releases

FRESNO, Calif. — Randal Jason Newell, 42, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to three years and three months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.…

March 29, 2022

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Chicago CBP Notices International Travelers Returning to the Friendly Skies

US and World News

CHICAGO– More and more travelers are ensuring their tray tables and seats are in the upright position as they land in Chicago. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at O’Hare International…

March 29, 2022

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Two U.S. Citizens Arrested Attempting to Smuggle Seven Undocumented Individuals

US and World News

INDIO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations arrested two United States citizens attempting to smuggle seven undocumented individuals and seized a firearm, ammunition, and currency on Thursday…

March 28, 2022

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Smugglers Continue to Place Human Lives at Risk

US and World News

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…

March 28, 2022

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Previously Removed Dominican Republic Man Charged with Illegally Reentering the United States and Possession and Use of Fraudulent Documents

Department of Justice Press Releases

St. Croix, USVI – Reynaldo Mejia-Mejia, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was arrested March 23, 2022 on St. Croix and charged by federal complaint with illegally reentering the United States and…

March 28, 2022

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46 Migrants Discovered in Smuggling Attempt

US and World News

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.,…

March 26, 2022

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South African woman arrested at local airport for mailing controlled substances to Ohio inmates

Department of Justice Press Releases

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Federal agents arrested a South African woman this morning at John Glenn International Airport on federal charges alleging she mailed large amounts of K2 and Suboxone via mail into…

March 25, 2022

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Stolen Vehicle & Narcotics Recovered at the Highway 86 Checkpoint

US and World News

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…

March 25, 2022

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Del Rio Agents, Texas DPS Respond to Failure to Yield

US and World News

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…

March 24, 2022

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Couple Indicted and Arrested for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud and Money Laundering

Department of Justice Press Releases

SAN JUAN, P.R. – On March 23, 2022, the Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Fernando Gallardo-Álvarez and his consensual partner Olga Rivera-Dávila with a…

March 24, 2022

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Over $450K Worth of Narcotics Seized by Border Patrol

US and World News

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted two narcotics smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of more than 574 pounds of marijuana. On March 23, Rio Grande City…

March 24, 2022

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Two Plead Guilty in Nationwide Rideshare and Delivery Account Fraud Scheme

Department of Justice Press Releases

BOSTON – Two Brazilian nationals pleaded guilty today in connection with a nationwide conspiracy to open fraudulent driver accounts with rideshare and delivery service companies. Edvaldo Rocha Cabral, 42, of Lowell, Mass.…

March 23, 2022

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Jury Convicts Glenpool Man for Sexually Exploiting a Minor

Department of Justice Press Releases

A federal jury found a Glenpool man guilty Tuesday for sexually exploiting a 16-year-old minor, announced U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. Thomas Anthony Pearce, 54, was convicted of coercion or enticement of a…

March 23, 2022

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Three Smuggling Interdictions Lead To 36 Arrests

US and World News

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…

March 23, 2022

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Drug Smugglers Float a Chevy Trailblazer Across the Rio Grande

US and World News

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,…

March 23, 2022

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