Human smugglers who killed Indian family near US-Canada border captured in Minnesota sanctuary state
ST. PAUL, MN — Two men were sentenced Friday in federal court for their roles in a human smuggling conspiracy that led to the deaths of four Indian nationals, including two children,…
Smugglers Drive Marijuana Load Vehicle Into the Rio Grande
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted two narcotic smuggling attempts resulting in 380 pounds of marijuana seized and a vehicle partially submerged in the river. On August…
US Going Soft On Iran’s Oil Smugglers To Get Nuclear Deal Revived: REPORT
US Going Soft On Iran’s Oil Smugglers To Get Nuclear Deal Revived: REPORT Micaela Burrow on August 1, 2022 The U.S. has held back on sanctioning foreign firms involved in illicit Iranian…
Alleged Cartel Drug Smugglers Set Free Thanks To New York’s Lax Bail Laws
Alleged Cartel Drug Smugglers Set Free Thanks To New York’s Lax Bail Laws Jennie Taer on July 12, 2022 Two alleged Mexican cartel affiliates were released after their arrests for allegedly possessing…
EXCLUSIVE: Guatemalan President Says Biden‘s ‘Confusing’ Border Messaging Is Encouraging Smugglers To Exploit Children
EXCLUSIVE: Guatemalan President Says Biden‘s ‘Confusing’ Border Messaging Is Encouraging Smugglers To Exploit Children Jennie Taer on June 30, 2022 Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei spoke one-on-one with The Daily Caller News Foundation…
‘We’re So Overwhelmed’: The Border Crisis Has Turned Arizona’s Desert Into A Highway For Drug Smugglers
‘We’re So Overwhelmed’: The Border Crisis Has Turned Arizona’s Desert Into A Highway For Drug Smugglers Jennie Taer on June 29, 2022 Sasabe, ARIZONA — Looking across the border from Sasabe, Arizona, you…
SMUGGLER’S PARADISE: How American Teenagers Are Being Lured Into Human Trafficking On Social Media
SMUGGLER’S PARADISE: How American Teenagers Are Being Lured Into Human Trafficking On Social Media Jennie Taer on May 22, 2022 A mother detailed how her son fell victim to a border human…
Human Smugglers Continue to Disregard Public Safety
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners disrupted three human smuggling events. On May 17, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended four…
Smugglers Show Reckless Disregard for Lives of Migrants
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners disrupted four human smuggling events. On May 10, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) camera operators observed…
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…
Smugglers Continue to Place Human Lives at Risk
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…
Drug Smugglers Float a Chevy Trailblazer Across the Rio Grande
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,…
Law Enforcement Cooperation Between United States and Mexico Leads to Mexican Takedown of Significant Human Smugglers
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced today that extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico resulted in Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, Fiscalía…
Alien smuggler’s high speed flight leads to stint in federal prison
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 43-year-old Falfurrias resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of transporting illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Pedro Galindo pleaded guilty Dec.…
Smugglers Caught In California With $3M Of Meth Disguised As Onions
American border authorities found $3 million of methamphetamine disguised as onions during an inspection in California, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP officers referred a 46-year-old driver who claimed…
Weapons Smugglers Sentenced to Prison
TUCSON, Ariz. – Alejandro Valles, 27, of Aguila, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 15 months in prison for smuggling weapons from the United States into…
Migrant Smugglers Continue to Disregard Public Safety
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted five migrant smuggling attempts that resulted in 34 arrests. On Feb 10, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents observed a Dodge…
Smugglers Utilize Social Media to Recruit Minors
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol are seeing a trend of Transnational Criminal Organization’s (TCO) using social media to recruit minors for their smuggling operations. RGV agents have…
US-Guatemala investigation leads to the arrest of 10 human smugglers with ties to the murder of 19 foreign nationals headed for the US
WASHINGTON – An investigation by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), HSI Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU), Guatemalan National Police (PNC), and Guatemalan Prosecutor for Illicit Migrant Trafficking…
Migrants Placed in Danger by Smugglers
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt dangerous human smuggling efforts. On Dec. 26, at approximately 1:00 p.m., the Harlingen…
Human Smugglers Sentenced for La Jolla Maritime Smuggling Death
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Colin M. McDonald (619) 546-9144 and Victor P. White (619) 546-8439 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 13, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Victor Alfonso Soto Aguilar and Jose Ramon…
ICE HSI Casa Grande investigation sends smugglers to prison
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. – A Phoenix area man was sentenced Wednesday to 37 months in prison for attempting to smuggle ammunition from the United States into Mexico, following a probe by U.S.…
Ammunition Smugglers Sentenced to Prison
TUCSON, Ariz. – Mauricio Robles, 26, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 37 months in prison for attempting to smuggle ammunition from the United States…
Human Smugglers Plead Guilty to Transporting and Harboring Over 100 Illegal Aliens
TUCSON, Ariz. – Amalia Gonzalez-Lara, 43, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty in federal court today in connection with her role as the coordinator of a human smuggling operation in Avondale, Arizona. During a…
Smugglers Use Dump Trailer to Transport Migrants Around Checkpoint
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted two migrant smuggling attempts within 24 hours. On Nov. 8, a Kingsville Border Patrol Station agent observed a Chevrolet…
Laredo CBP Officers Seize Hard Narcotics Worth Over $1.1 Million
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized narcotics in two enforcement actions that totaled over $1,100,000 in street value. “Throughout the pandemic, the dedicated employees…
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