During the days leading up to Governor Greg Abbott’s border briefing to former President Donald Trump in Weslaco, Texas, Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents seized more than $2.5 million in street value worth of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana in the Rio Grande Valley.
A North Texas sheriff told former President Donal Trump his county is seeing a 50 percent increase in the number of deaths related to fentanyl being smuggled from Mexico. His comments came during President Trump’s tour of the Rio Grande Valley with Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Drug cartels operating in Mexico frequently employ creative means to smuggle narcotics across the border into the United States. One such method, unique to Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, is referred to by Border Patrol agents as a “Float-Over.” The technique involves using a makeshift ferry to move an SUV or pick-up truck, pre-loaded with narcotics, across the Rio Grande River.
A Border Patrol K-9 team near a California interior immigration checkpoint discovered roughly 60 pounds of cocaine during a smuggling attempt. Officials estimate the cocaine to be worth approximately $1 million.
One of Mexico’s top military officials sparked a new wave of controversy by claiming the country’s judicial system works against them when it comes to going after organized crime figures.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Texas woman after finding $1.5 million in heroin in her Volkswagon Jetta as she attempted to enter the United States. The arrest followed an attempted border crossing at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents found groups of migrants working as mules to haul methamphetamine across the Mexican border into Arizona. Agents found one group on a U.S. Air Force bombing range.
During the last big wave of unaccompanied alien minors (UAMs) in 2019, a Border Patrol agent said something to me that shook me to my core. He said that he was “sick and tired of having to administer rape kits to nine-year olds.”
Inmates inside a prison in Panama are using cats and other animals to smuggle small packages of drugs into the facility. The animals are conditioned to enter the prison expecting to be fed.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said cartels are making $500 million per month via human trafficking due to Joe Biden’s border policies.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly 370 pounds of methamphetamine at a Texas border crossing commercial lane. The officers found the $7.3 million in drugs in a tractor-trailer attempting to enter from Mexico.
Joe Biden’s border policies fuel a humanitarian crisis that is hurting and killing migrants, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) said.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) slammed President Joe Biden’s administration amid reports that his deputies will minimize the deportation of illegal migrants who are caught dealing drugs.
Federal law enforcement partners teamed up to seize 333 pounds of methamphetamine off the coast of Southern California. The seizure took place on a vessel near Huntington Beach.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents interdicted a drug smuggling attempt and seized 450 pounds of cocaine off the coast of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
An aerial interdiction by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew led to the seizure of nearly two tons of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea. Officials estimate the drugs to be worth approximately $65 million.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials reported significant decreases in illegal border crossings and drug smuggling in sections where new barriers were built. Some sections reported nearly a 90 percent decrease in illegal entries compared to last year.
A Christmas Day inspection at a Yuma Sector Border Patrol interior immigration checkpoint led to the seizure of 25 pounds of methamphetamine. The drug seizure followed an alert from a Border Patrol K-9 at the Highway 78 immigration checkpoint.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along with Border Patrol agents seized more than 38,000 pounds of methamphetamine during the first two months of the new fiscal year. This represents a 42 percent increase over the same period in Fiscal Year 2020.
CBP Air and Marine Operations teamed up with other federal departments and a foreign government to seize more than 3,700 pounds of cocaine during a 10-day period. The joint air and sea operation in the eastern Caribbean Sea resulted in the arrest of 19 suspected drug smugglers.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized 69 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl after stopping three illegal immigrants who had just crossed from Mexico. Officials estimate the drugs to be worth more than $3 million.
Police arrested a 22-year-old Syrian migrant in the Evros region near the Greek border with Turkey in possession of ten Turkish-made Zoraki pistols.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Eagle Pass, Texas, seized more than $1 million worth of methamphetamine found in two passenger vehicles attempting to cross the border into Texas from Mexico.
Border Patrol officials in Arizona report the use of drones to smuggle drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border is on the rise. Yuma Sector officials ask for the public’s help in spotting and reporting illegal drone activity.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in California seized 430 pounds of methamphetamine at a U.S.-Mexico Border crossing.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two Texas women in separate incidents for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs through a U.S.-Mexico Border crossing. The women reportedly tried to move more than $800,000 in methamphetamine and fentanyl into Texas.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly 165 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine smuggled into the U.S. on an ultralight aircraft. The agents found the nearly half-million dollars worth of drugs north of the California-Mexico border.
Law Enforcement officials in the U.S. and Central America announced the arrest of more than 700 violent gang members under a joint operation. Operation Regional Shield (ORS) led to the arrest of gang members in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras including members of MS-13 and the 18th Street gangs.
Federal authorities arrested a police officer from the Texas border city of El Paso for allegedly helping a local drug distributor. The police officer stands accused of carrying out countersurveillance operations and leaking license plates of undercover vehicles to the alleged drug dealer.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew teamed up with Coast Guard vessels to interdict a drug smuggling operation in the Caribbean Sea near the coast of Puerto Rico, officials stated.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly 165 pounds of methamphetamine from a passenger vehicle attempting to cross the border from Mexico into South Texas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 480 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine from two attempted border crossings at the Laredo Port of Entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly $3 million in methamphetamine and heroin at a Texas crossing Tuesday. Officials report the 142 pounds of drugs were stashed in a shipment of carrots.
CBP officers seized more than 580 pounds of methamphetamine at a Texas border crossing from Mexico. The officers found the drugs in a commercial shipment at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 3,000 pounds of methamphetamine at two Texas border crossings in late October. Officials said the drugs had an estimated street value of more than $60 million.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the Rio Grande Valley seized nearly 175 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine at a Texas port of entry. The seizures came in two failed drug-trafficking events at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in El Paso arrested a mother traveling with three children after finding drugs taped to her teenage son’s body. Officials report the U.S. citizen woman attempted to use her teen son to smuggle methamphetamine and fentanyl into Texas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Laredo, Texas, seized more than 900 pounds of cocaine at a commercial border crossing checkpoint. The two separate seizures are estimated to be worth nearly $7 million, officials stated.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in South Texas seized more than 125 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin in two separate incidents. The seizure prevented more than $2 million in illicit drugs from reaching the streets of American cities.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Otay Mesa, California, seized a near-record 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin at a commercial port of entry. The seizure is the second-largest seizure along the southwest border with Mexico in the agency’s history.