Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Human Smuggling, Illegals, Drugs, Continue to Flow Across Border #BUILDTHEWALL


05/07/2019 05:09 PM EDT
EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to process and receive unprecedented numbers of illegal aliens entering the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector. On Saturday, agents from Brownsville to Roma apprehended over 2,400 illegal aliens, the...
05/07/2019 11:27 AM EDT
YUMA, Ariz. – Blythe Station agents from the Yuma Sector Border Patrol stopped two human smuggling attempts and apprehended 10 illegal aliens from Mexico, in two separate events Friday and Saturday. At approximately 10:20 p.m. Friday, Blythe Station...
05/06/2019 05:57 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers arrested 2 U.S. citizens and a Mexican national for separate alleged attempts to smuggle more than 194 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and cocaine...
05/06/2019 08:33 PM EDT
CALEXICO, Calif. — Weekend enforcement efforts by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the downtown Calexico port of entry this weekend resulted in the seizure of 74 pounds of hard narcotics found stashed in two vehicles, as well as the...
05/06/2019 04:28 PM EDT
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers this week intercepted a second large size methamphetamine load with an estimated street value of more than $3 million in one enforcement action at the...
05/06/2019 02:36 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas prevented an Arizona resident from smuggling more than 100 pounds of marijuana into the United States Sunday....