Thursday, April 2, 2015

Drugs, Child Smugglers, Sex Offender Stopped at Border

04/01/2015 01:59 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO – Monday, Marine Interdiction Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine (OAM), the Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered two personal...
04/01/2015 04:17 PM EDT
SALTON CITY, Calif. –Wednesday, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station arrested a suspected drug smuggler after discovering more than six pounds of heroin in a suitcase. El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agents seized 6.5...
04/01/2015 05:17 PM EDT
SANTA TERESA, N.M.  -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operation officers working at the Santa Teresa port of entry seized 157 pounds of marijuana Monday night. The drugs have an estimated street value of $125,600...
04/01/2015 04:13 PM EDT
Deming, New Mexico – Border Patrol Agents in Deming, New Mexico arrested a registered sex offender Tuesday with an extensive criminal history, capping a month of numerous sex offender arrests made throughout the El Paso Sector. Early on March 31,...
04/01/2015 10:37 AM EDT
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a man from Pharr, Texas after a failed child smuggling attempt was thwarted by CBP officers. “Our officers’ exceptional...
04/01/2015 09:59 AM EDT
Deming, New Mexico – U.S. Border Patrol Agents working a few miles east of the Columbus Port of Entry on Saturday located a group of Central American immigrants being smuggled in to the United States including a 12-year-old child being held against...