Suspected smuggler apprehended with $78k worth of cocaine
OCOTILLO WELLS, Calif.- El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a driver attempting to smuggle cocaine through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint Wednesday evening. On October 25, 2023, at approximately 7:25 p.m.,…
Are ISIS-Linked Illegal Migrants Hiding in New York and New Jersey? Feds Searching
Jennie Taer on August 29, 2023 The FBI is trying to locate more than 12 migrants from Uzbekistan that were released into the U.S. after receiving help from an ISIS-tied smuggler at…
Smuggler with extremist ties helped Uzbeks cross US-Mexico border, US says
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A smuggler with ties to a foreign extremist group helped Uzbek migrants enter the U.S. from Mexico, the White House said on Tuesday, raising questions about…
Kingsville agents arrest human smuggler with firearm
SARITA, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrested five people and seized a firearm in a failed human smuggling attempt at the Javier Vega, Jr. Checkpoint early this morning. …
Smuggler jailed for 15 years for California crash that killed 13 migrants
(Reuters) – A Mexican national who coordinated a human-smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 migrants in a 2021 highway crash near the Mexico-California border was sentenced to 15 years…
GOP Rep Forces Mayorkas To Confront Family Who Lost Loved Ones After Smuggler Crashed Into Them
GOP Rep Forces Mayorkas To Confront Family Who Lost Loved Ones After Smuggler Crashed Into Them Jennie Taer on April 19, 2023 Republican Texas Rep. August Pfluger forced Department of Homeland Security…
EXCLUSIVE: Family That Lost Loved Ones Thanks To Illegal Migrant Smuggler Slams Mayorkas: ‘We Live In Fear’
EXCLUSIVE: Family That Lost Loved Ones Thanks To Illegal Migrant Smuggler Slams Mayorkas: ‘We Live In Fear’ Jennie Taer on April 19, 2023 The family members of the deceased victims of a…
CBP at JFK Arrests First Fentanyl Smuggler
JAMAICA, N.Y. — A food courier arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport had a little more than tostadas and enchiladas in mind as U. S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists and officers…
U.S. Border Patrol Catches Smuggler and 11 Noncitizens Partnership with Ohio State Highway Patrol leads to Arrest
PORT CLINTON, Ohio – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Detroit Sector arrested a Mexican citizen in conjunction with an alien smuggling case over the weekend. On Saturday morning, March 11, Border…
Alleged Human Smuggler Arrested Following Car Crash That Ejected Illegal Migrants From Vehicle
Alleged Human Smuggler Arrested Following Car Crash That Ejected Illegal Migrants From Vehicle Nino Cambria on February 7, 2023 A suspected Arizona human smuggler was arrested Monday following a high-speed chase resulting…
U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Smuggler
PORT CLINTON, Ohio – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Detroit Sector arrested a citizen of Honduras on suspicion of alien smuggling on Monday afternoon. At approximately 2:00 AM on January 24,…
South Florida Firearms Smuggler Sentenced to Prison
MIAMI – Firearms trafficker Jorge Chica-Giler, 28, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez to 262 months in prison for smuggling firearms from the United States to Ecuador. Chica-Giler…
Monkey smuggler pleads guilty
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 20-year-old Katy resident has pleaded guilty to illegally smuggling a spider monkey into the United States and fleeing from federal law enforcement, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.…
Smuggler Tried To Bring Fentanyl Disguised In Tamales Across The Border
Smuggler Tried To Bring Fentanyl Disguised In Tamales Across The Border Jennie Taer on October 13, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted a load of fentanyl pills disguised inside…
Juvenile Drug Smuggler Stopped by CBP Officers
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers working at the Paso Del Norte international border crossing in downtown El Paso, foiled a methamphetamine smuggling attempt by a 15-year-old U.S. citizen.…
Rare U.S. raid in Syrian gov’t-held zone kills Islamic State arms smuggler
By Orhan Qereman, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Phil Stewart QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) -A rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria’s northeast killed an Islamic State militant hiding out there and…
DEA Loses Track Of Captured Drug Smuggler Transporting 114 Pounds Of Fentanyl
DEA Loses Track Of Captured Drug Smuggler Transporting 114 Pounds Of Fentanyl Bronson Winslow on October 5, 2022 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has lost track of a captured drug mule…
East Bay Resident Convicted Of Abetting Airport Smuggler Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison
SAN FRANCISCO – Lemack Bellot was sentenced to ten years in prison for attempting to aid and abet possession with intent to distribute cocaine in connection with a scheme to smuggle drugs…
Local smuggler sentenced after high-speed ride left six hospitalized
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 30-year-old Brownsville man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of transporting undocumented aliens within the United States for private financial gain, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer…
Pesticide Smuggler Sentenced to Three Months in Custody
Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 8, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Felipa Oliveros was sentenced in federal court today to three months in custody…
CBP at JFK Arrests Cocaine Smuggler
JAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport had his trip turned sour when U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized his potentially hallucinating whole milk. On…
DCNF Reporter Recounts Interview With Alleged Human Smuggler
DCNF Reporter Recounts Interview With Alleged Human Smuggler Harold Hutchison on August 23, 2022 A Daily Caller News Foundation reporter recounted an interview with a Texas lawyer accused of human smuggling during…
Human Smuggler and Four Migrants Apprehended
DETROIT— DHS Alliance Human Smuggling and Trafficking Task Force in coordination with the Detroit Sector U.S. Border Patrol, Great Lakes Air and Marine Branch, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Homeland Security Investigations and…
Those Aren’t Watermelons; Human Trafficker Arrested for Transporting Illegal Migrants
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 54-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison for transporting illegal aliens in a tractor trailer, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. A federal jury convicted Jose…
Repeat smuggler fleeing with law enforcement on car door heads to prison
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 49-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of smuggling undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Alex Chamie pleaded guilty April…
Mexican drug smuggler sentenced for poly-drug case at border
McALLEN, Texas – A 58-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to prison for knowingly and intentionally importing cocaine and meth into the United States from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.…
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