U.S. Customs and Border Protection Releases

Brownsville Port of Entry CBP Officers Seize Nearly $2 Million in Narcotics at Gateway International Bridge
11/30/2017 05:27 PM EST

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gateway International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged methamphetamine and heroin. CBP officers discovered the alleged narcotics, valued at approximately $1,996,629, ...

Agents seize $90K worth of meth, rescue Honduran
11/30/2017 05:20 PM EST

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized approximately $90,000 worth of methamphetamine Tuesday morning at the immigration checkpoint on Highway 95, south of Quartzsite, Arizona; and later rescued a Honduran national from the Colorado...

Four lost immigrants rescued in past week in the Rio Grande Valley
11/30/2017 04:56 PM EST

EDINBURG, Texas – On Thursday, November 23, 2017, the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Falfurrias Border Patrol Station regarding a lost subject near Encino, Texas. Agents responded to the last known GPS coordinates of the phone call and...

Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol captures convicted killer and multiple sex offenders
11/30/2017 04:03 PM EST

EDINBURG, Texas – On Saturday, November 25, 2017, agents assigned to the McAllen Border Patrol Station apprehended a Mexican national near Cuevitas, Texas. Record checks revealed the male subject was arrested in 2008 by the Federal Way, Washington...