Media Releases

YUMA, Ariz. –Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station foiled a migrant smuggling attempt Thursday morning.

Agents assigned to…

SAN DIEGO—Law enforcement officials are ramping up operations to disrupt maritime smuggling off the coast of San Diego this weekend, particularly warning…

YUMA, Ariz. – A Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent apprehended a migrant trying to sneak into the country Wednesday morning and discovered he was an aggravated…

SAN DIEGO – At border crossings along the California/Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have seen an increase in the number of non-…

WILMINGTON, Delaware – Tagged as the best self-defense ammo during a zombie apocalypse, the illegal Honduras-bound ammo could have hurt a lot of victims had…

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents found meth, marijuana and a loaded handgun in a vehicle at the immigration checkpoint on Highway 95 Wednesday…

TORNILLO, Texas – A man being sought on multiple sexual assault/abuse of a child charges was apprehended by CBP Officers working at the Marcelino Serna/…

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted a smuggling attempt on the Colorado River Monday morning.

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YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assisted Yuma County Sheriff’s deputies and Yuma Police officers after they conducted a welfare check at a…

YUMA, Ariz. – Wellton Border Patrol agents thwarted their third major bust in three days. The methamphetamine smuggling attempt occurred in the desert south…

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a sex offender who illegally entered the United States early Monday morning.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced a new counter-network targeting operation focused on transnational…

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a MS-13 gang member early Monday morning.

Agents encountered the…

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents successfully foil three human smuggling attempts and apprehend 41 migrants exposed to…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the World Business Alliance for Secure Commerce Organization (WBO) issued a joint statement today…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) aircraft assisted the US Coast Guard to seize approximately…

EL PASO, TEXAS – It is happening almost every time CBP officers in El Paso process an arriving freight train from Mexico. Migrants are discovered attempting…

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton station caught two different groups smuggling a total of 218…

YUMA, Ariz. – The Yuma Sector Border Patrol Canine Unit has had a close working relationship with the Yuma County…

Updated: September 27, 2021

MONTICELLO, Maine – Due to inactivity, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) temporarily suspended…

EDINBURG, Texas– On Thursday, Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents seized approximately 60 pounds of cocaine and nearly 900 pounds of marijuana.

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BURKE, N.Y. – On April 22, 2021, the U.S. Border Patrol Swanton Sector presented both New York State Police and the Franklin County, N.Y., District Attorney…

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement disrupt three human smuggling stash houses. 

Yesterday, RGV…

OGDENSBURG, N.Y. – On April 22, 2021, the U.S. Border Patrol Swanton Sector presented the St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Sheriff’s Office a disbursement check…

LAREDO, Texas – Border Patrol agents apprehended a convicted sex offender, a man convicted of homicide, and an aggravated felon in three separate events in…