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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a female 18th Street gang member, and two migrants previously convicted of sexual…

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a female 18th Street gang member, and two migrants previously convicted of sexual…

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station arrested two aggravated felons that were part of two different groups…

EDINBURG, Texas– Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents apprehended 27 migrants at two locations being used for human smuggling.

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Alpine, TEXAS – Big Bend National Park Border Patrol agents encountered two pick-up trucks involved in a narcotics smuggling scheme south of Alpine, Texas…

YUMA, Ariz. – A Yuma Sector canine alerted to a vehicle in which one pound of methamphetamine was found hidden in a seat headrest Monday morning at the…

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted three narcotics smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of over 900…

EDINBURG, Texas– Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents apprehended 22 subjects in three separate human smuggling stash houses in Edinburg,…

JAMAICA, N.Y. — A traveler had more than clothes in his suitcase when he arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.  Fortunately, U. S.…

EL PASO, TEXAS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is introducing Simplified Arrival at multiple pedestrian border crossings within the El Paso Field…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has modified an existing Withhold Release Order on imports of tobacco from Malawi.

Effective May 21,…

HIDALGO, Texas– Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents discover $100K worth of marijuana inside a tunnel in Hidalgo, Texas.

Last night, McAllen…

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol Agents and local authorities disrupt three human smuggling attempts.

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EDINBURG, Texas – Border Patrol Agents arrest a convicted murderer and a gang member with an outstanding warrant for a sexual assault charge.

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HIDALGO, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol Agents encounter two large groups totaling 278 migrants in Hidalgo, Texas.  

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EDINBURG, Texas– Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seize more than 900 pounds of marijuana worth over $730K.

Yesterday morning, Rio Grande…

EDINBURG, Texas – On Monday, Border Patrol agents arrested three migrants affiliated with known street gangs.

Yesterday morning, McAllen Border Patrol…

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupt multiple stash houses resulting in the arrest of 162 subjects in one day.

FORT MYERS, Fl. — Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents in Fort Myers teamed up with U.S. Marshals Monday to apprehend a wanted  fugitive.

YUMA, Ariz. – This Sunday, May 23, marks the 20th anniversary of one of the worst illegal immigration tragedies to date, when 14 migrants succumbed to the…

EDINBURG, Texas – McAllen Border Patrol Station agents arrest two migrants with convictions for sex offenses.

Saturday evening, McAllen agents working…

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended five U.S. citizens smuggling 12 migrants in four different vehicle stops over the weekend.

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EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents, with the assistance of state and local law enforcement, interdicted thirteen human…

PINE VALLEY, Calif.—U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man on Tuesday who was transporting 2.51 pounds of fentanyl taped to his back.

At…

EDINBURG, Texas – A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the McAllen Air and Marine Branch of Air and Marine Operations rescued a non citizen migrant, who was…