California man sentenced for role in Mexican spider monkey smuggling ring
San Diego, Calif. – A California man was sentenced Friday to prison time and ordered to pay thousands in restitution after federal agents uncovered his role in a cross-border scheme to smuggle…
25 Individuals Charged in Rocky Mount Cigarette Smuggling and Money Laundering Operation
RALEIGH – G. Norman Acker III, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced today that on October 20, 2021, a federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District…
Ten Defendants Indicted for Human Smuggling Operation
DEL RIO – Federal agents arrested the tenth and final defendant charged in an 11-count indictment involving human smuggling. The following are charged with one count of conspiracy to transport undocumented noncitizens: …
Current And Former Metropolitan Correctional Center Employees And Inmates Indicted For Bribery, Contraband Smuggling, Narcotics Distribution, And Obstruction Of Justice Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Ryan…
Agents Intercept Tractor Trailer Smuggling Scheme
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – United States Border Patrol Canine Detection teams conducting traffic operations at the Interstate 10 Immigration Checkpoint interdicted a tractor-trailer smuggling scheme. On October 23, 2021, Border Patrol Canine…
Rio Grande Valley Checkpoint Agents Foil Smuggling Attempts
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents foil checkpoint smuggling attempts. In the early morning hours of Oct. 25, a U-Haul box truck approached the primary inspection lane at…
Captain of Vessel is Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling $287,660 in U.S. Currency into St. Thomas Following High-Speed Chase and Apprehension Near Savana Island
Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America. – click here – Public Service Announcement from the US Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of the Virgin Islands The Elder Justice Program stems from the…
Eagle Pass Man Sentenced in Fatal Human Smuggling Attempt
DEL RIO – An Eagle Pass man was sentenced to 360 months in prison today for transporting undocumented noncitizens that resulted in five deaths. According to court documents, Jorge Luis Monsivais Jr.,…
Two Correctional Officers Plead Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy, Admit to Smuggling Contraband Into Maryland’s Federal Pretrial Detention Facility in Exchange for Bribes
Baltimore, Maryland – Two Correctional Officers, Darren Parker, age 45, of Baltimore, and Talaia Youngblood, age 35, of Randallstown, Maryland, have pleaded guilty to their roles in a racketeering conspiracy at the…
Four Non-Citizens from the Dominican Republic Face Charges for Smuggling 43 Haitians into Mona Island, Puerto Rico
Border Patrol warns of the dangers and consequences of irregular migration AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico –Four men from the Dominican Republic appeared this week before the US District Court in San Juan facing…
Man heading to jail after smuggling tons of cocaine using submarine
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419 and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Mellor (619) 546-9733 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 15, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Jose Rosario Segura Balentierra, a Colombian…
Peruvian Woman Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Smuggling Seven Kilos of Cocaine into United States through Newark Airport
NEWARK, N.J. – A Peruvian woman was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for smuggling approximately seven kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Peru, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A.…
Bangladeshi national sentenced to prison for his role in a human smuggling conspiracy
LAREDO, Texas – A Bangladeshi national was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in federal prison for his role in a human smuggling conspiracy to smuggle noncitizens from Mexico into the…
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…
Silent Witness Ceremony Honored 2020 Victims of Fatal Domestic Violence
Ceremony Held During National Domestic Violence Awareness Month COLUMBIA, S.C. – Attorney General Alan Wilson led participants through the 24th annual Silent Witness Domestic Violence ceremony that was held today on the…
CBP to Relocate Trusted Traveler Programs Enrollment Center to Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is announcing plans to relocate the Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) enrollment center to the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport on Oct. 11, 2021. “We…
CBP Trasladará el Centro de Inscripción de Programas de Viajeros de Confianza al Aeropuerto Internacional de Brownsville / South Padre Island
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — El Puerto de Entrada de Brownsville de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) anuncia planes para trasladar el centro de inscripción de…
Border Agents Seize Liquid Meth at Highway 86 Checkpoint
SALTON CITY, Calif. — El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen accused of smuggling liquid methamphetamine through an immigration checkpoint Thursday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 7:30 a.m.,…
Border Patrol Agents Seize over $1.2 Million in Cocaine and Fentanyl at Pharr International Bridge
PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility intercepted $1,233,000 in alleged cocaine and fentanyl in two incidents. “CBP officers intercepted these…
41 Migrants Arrested by Border Patrol Agents
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents respond to two human smuggling stash houses and a highway smuggling attempt on Oct. 4. In the early morning hours, a Border…
Mason County Contract Mail Carrier pleads guilty to vehicle smuggling scheme
Tacoma – A 48– year-old Mason County, Washington resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to three federal felonies related to a smuggling scheme and possession of child [censored]ography,…
Border Patrol seizes meth, guns being smuggled across U.S.-Mexico border
YUMA, Ariz. – A Yuma Sector canine alert led to the discovery of meth and a loaded handgun early this morning at the immigration checkpoint on California Highway 78. Border Patrol agents…
21 pounds of Central American cocaine, heroin seized near Camp Pendleton
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a woman on Thursday afternoon who was transporting more than 21 pounds of heroin and cocaine in her vehicle. At approximately 12 p.m., agents…
$1.3 million in meth wrapped in spinach seized at U.S.-Mexico border
TAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility discovered over $1.3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of fresh spinach, wrapped in…
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