Tag: Border Patrol
Border Patrol arrests nearly 50 people in 5 vehicle chases over 11 hours
Border Patrol said agents responded to five car chases over an 11-hour period including one that ended with a vehicle engulfed in flames.
In a...
Sullivan City man who ran ‘filthy’ Edinburg stash house gets 8 years
A 37-year-old Sullivan City man who led authorities on a 20-mile pursuit and kept more than two dozen people in the country illegally, including...
CBP officers find 40 pounds of cocaine hidden in SUV
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted $310,700 worth of cocaine at the Hidalgo International Bridge last Saturday, according to a news release from...
Upgrading Ursula: Migrant processing facility at center of family separations debacle set to reopen
The Rio Grande Valley’s largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility for migrants, once the epicenter of the immigration debate in 2019, is...
Man gets 5 years in prison for failed fentanyl, cocaine smuggling attempt
A 33-year-old Mexican citizen will spend five years in federal prison for trying to smuggle a little more than 10 pounds of fentanyl and...
Border Patrol seizes drugs, cash in separate incidents
U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed at the Brownsville station seized more than 375 pounds of marijuana in two separate cases.
The latest seizure occurred Thursday...
Man arrested after trying to smuggle 90 pounds of meth in truck’s tires
A man told U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on Tuesday that an individual associated with a gang in Monterrey threatened him into crossing...
CBP finds 76 pounds of meth in truck’s tires
There was more than air in the tires of a Ford Ranger pickup truck that a man on Wednesday drove to the Hidalgo port...
Border Patrol arrest 34 following three smuggling incidents
Border Patrol agents intercepted three migrant smuggling attempts on Wednesday that resulted in the arrests of 34 individuals.
Agents stationed in Weslaco were notified that...
Agents: Woman tried illegally transporting people to Houston in U-Haul for $85K
A woman was arrested Friday after border agents discovered 13 people illegally in the country hidden inside a U-Haul she claimed she was using...