CBP Offers Travel Tips, Reminds Noncitizens of Vaccine Proof Requirement as Spring Break Approaches

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo Field Office is advising the traveling public to have their entry documents ready, vaccine proof ready if they are noncitizens and declare agricultural…

March 10, 2022

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Three Migrant Smuggling Events Interdicted

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted three migrant smuggling events with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) resulting in 27 arrests. Just…

March 10, 2022

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Fort Smith Woman Sentenced To Over 15 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

Department of Justice Press Releases

FORT SMITH – A Fort Smith woman was sentenced today to 188 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute…

March 9, 2022

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Cuban National Sentenced to Over 38 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes after Using His Border Ranch as a Criminal Corridor

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EL PASO – A Cuban national living in Fort Hancock was sentenced today to 460 months in prison for drugs, firearms and immigration crimes. On July 23, 2021, Gilberto Morales, 57, was…

March 9, 2022

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Del Rio Agents Rescue Migrants in Distress

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DEL RIO, Texas –U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Station’s Marine Unit rescued a family in distress in the Rio Grande on March 7. Del Rio Border Patrol agents rescued…

March 8, 2022

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Is that a snake in your pants? Border officers find 52 reptiles in man’s clothing

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SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry thwarted a significant smuggling attempt after discovering 52 reptiles, tied up in small bags and hidden…

March 8, 2022

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CBP Officers Seize $841K in Hard Narcotics at the Laredo Port of Entry

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LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge seized hard narcotics that totaled over $841,000 in street value in one enforcement action over…

March 8, 2022

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CBP Again Prevents Multiple Bologna Smuggling Schemes

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EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists assigned to the Bridge of the Americas and Santa Teresa border crossings seized 230 pounds of prohibited pork bologna on two…

March 8, 2022

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Second National from the Dominican Republic Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Narcotics Charges Stemming from Haulover Bay, St. John Shootout

Department of Justice Press Releases

St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Joan Morales Nolasco, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller in the…

March 7, 2022

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20 Members of a Violent Gang Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

Department of Justice Press Releases

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On March 3, 2022, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging 20 violent gang members from the municipality of Vega…

March 4, 2022

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Young man pleads guilty after crashing into patrol unit

Department of Justice Press Releases

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – An 18 year-old Mexican man illegally residing in Brownsville has entered a plea of guilty to transporting illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.…

March 3, 2022

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Multi-Jurisdiction Law Enforcement Operation Nets 119 Fugitives

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Anchorage, AK – Alaska law enforcement agencies conducted a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative focusing on the state’s most violent offenders. This two-week initiative, called Operation Sockeye, resulted in the arrest of 119…

March 2, 2022

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U.S. Marshals Help ‘Clean Up the Streets’ After Friday’s Snowstorm

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Portland, ME – Shovelers, snowblowers and plow trucks drivers were not the only ones out during Friday’s snowstorm. A team of U.S. Marshals, state and local authorities were out on the hunt…

March 2, 2022

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CBP Officers Seize $2.5 Million in Cocaine at Roma Port of Entry

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ROMA, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Roma Port of Entry cargo facility recently seized $2.5 million in cocaine within a tractor trailer. “Our frontline CBP…

March 1, 2022

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Baltimore CBP Officers Seize Shipment of 29,000 Counterfeit Water Purifier Filters from China

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BALTIMORE – To borrow from the 1960’s rock band The Standells, I want to tell you a story about what Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found down by the Patapsco River,…

February 28, 2022

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CBP Officers Seize Meth Disguised as Onions

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at theOtay Mesa commercial facility discovered almost1,200 small packages of methamphetamine hiddenwithin a shipment of onions on Sunday. OTAY MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border…

February 28, 2022

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Over $360K Worth of Marijuana Seized by Border Patrol

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted a narcotics smuggling attempt resulting in the seizure of 451 pounds of marijuana. Early this morning, a Rio Grande City…

February 28, 2022

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Four Vehicle Pursuits and a Stash House Leads to 36 Arrests

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted five migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 36 arrests. These five migrant smuggling events occurred within a four-hour time frame in…

February 28, 2022

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Over $1.2M Worth of Narcotics Seized by Border Patrol

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted six narcotic smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana, methamphetamines, and cocaine. On Feb. 24,…

February 28, 2022

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Three Failed Smuggling Attempts Lead to 19 Arrests

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 19 arrests. On Feb. 25, a vehicle approached the primary inspection lane at the…

February 28, 2022

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