Border Patrol Agents See a Rise in Train Rescues
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector encountered more than 30 migrants, trapped in rail cars, in 48 hours. On Feb. 28., at approximately…
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector encountered more than 30 migrants, trapped in rail cars, in 48 hours. On Feb. 28., at approximately…
St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands – A citizen of the Dominican Republic was arrested on February 11, 2022, at the Cyril E. King Airport on a criminal charge based…
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Eagle Pass Station encountered three migrants stranded in the middle of the Rio Grande River, Feb. 12.…
Border Patrol in Del Rio encountered two five-year-old girls without adults crossing from Mexico into Texas over a two-day period. Agents in the Del Rio sector of the southwest border,…
DEl RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector encountered more than 160 unaccompanied migrant children from Feb. 4-11. This fiscal year, between Oct. 1…
Assistant U. S. Attorney Loren G. Rene (619) 546-8783 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Juan Francisco Sanchez-Campos of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced in federal court…
IMPERIAL, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen and a Border Crosser Card holder attempting to smuggle methamphetamine in two separate events. The first…
EDINBURG, Texas – McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrest several active gang members over the weekend. On Feb. 5, MCS agents working near Havana, Texas, arrested several subjects, to…
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – This week, San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to San Clemente Station arrested an individual with an active felony warrant. On Wednesday afternoon, Border Patrol…
CALEXICO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested an undocumented individual wanted for homicide. Agents assigned to the Calexico station encountered two undocumented individuals…
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Del Rio Station seized narcotics from an abandoned backpack, Feb. 1. At approximately 1 a.m., agents responded…
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents pulled two illegal migrants away from a burning vehicle last Friday evening. Agents from the Tucson Sector’s Brian A. Terry Station were…
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Tucson Sector pulled two migrants away from a burning vehicle last Friday evening. Agents assigned to the Brian A. Terry Station…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents encountered four migrant smuggling attempts in collaboration with local law enforcement. In one incident a vehicle was discovered down…
In a video leaked to The Washington Examiner, border agents openly aired their frustrations over the Biden administration’s policies in a heated exchange with Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz in…
Baltimore, Maryland – A criminal complaint was filed on January 28, 2022, charging Scott Ryan Merryman, age 37, of Independence, Kansas, for federal charges of making threats against the President…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ended 2021 with more than 2 million migrant encounters. December 2021 numbers released Monday showed that border patrol encountered 178,840 migrants at the southern…
An Arkansas man and University of Arkansas Professor pleaded guilty today to one count of making a false statement to the FBI about the existence of patents for his inventions…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents prevented a narcotic smuggling attempt and seized several bundles of marijuana in Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on January 11, when Laredo…
NEWARK, NJ – Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found nationwide at security checkpoints…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Top 10 List of most unusual items found at security checkpoints nationwide in…
CALEXICO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen wanted on two warrants while, attempting to smuggle six undocumented individuals, and in possession of methamphetamine,…
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest five criminal migrants, including two convicted murderers, a sex offender, and known gang members. Just after midnight on…
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Carrizo Springs Station discovered narcotics and a stolen handgun during an immigration inspection, Jan 7. Agents assigned…
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt dangerous human smuggling efforts. On Jan. 7, at approximately 6:00 p.m.,…