Arrests

STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Prince George’s County, Md., rape suspect at Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday after a CBP officer realized the subject fled the United States on an earlier flight Wednesday.

LEWISTON, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo, Lewiston Bridge border crossing, encountered a 26-year-old male United States citizen who was wanted on an outstanding felony arrest warrant.   

BALTIMORE – A Stafford County, Va., rape suspect is behind bars in Peru due to the quick actions of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Marshals Service, and a quick-thinking U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.

Geronimo Johnny Neyra, a 70-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Peru, is behind bars in Lima, Peru pending extradition to Stafford County on 12 counts of aggravated sexual acts against a 10-year-old child.

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico— US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations detected and seized a load of 2,776 pounds (1,259 kilograms) of cocaine found inside hidden compartments of two vessels that intended to reach the southern town Patillas Puerto Rico Thursday afternoon.  The estimated street value of the seized cocaine is approximately $28.9 million. 

PORT HURON, Mich.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Area Port of Port Huron intercepted approximately 200 pounds of cocaine at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry, June 8.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Entry seized a stolen vehicle that was encountered at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing.

CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Champlain arrested an individual wanted out of the state of Florida for homicide.

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents from El Paso Sector apprehended a Mexican national with an outstanding warrant for murder on Wednesday. 

Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Ysleta Anti-Smuggling Unit (ASU) were alerted by El Paso Sector Integrated Targeting Team regarding a subject in San Elizario with an outstanding warrant for murder in Mexico. The subject was located near Socorro by the ASU unit and taken into custody.

IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif – U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents assigned to the Imperial Beach Station continue to see migrants illegally enter the United States by swimming through the Pacific Ocean.

During the month of May, there have been five recorded events in which migrants swam across the maritime boundary line. During these events, seven migrants were apprehended while nine managed to swim back to Mexico before agents could apprehend them.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) presentó hoy una denuncia penal contra cuatro migrantes, tres de República Dominicana y uno de Haití, por conducta ante personal de la Guardia Costera estadounidense luego de interceptar una embarcación aproximadamente a 17 millas náuticas al noroeste de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.