Tag: Border Patrol
Border Patrol finds woman hidden in fuel tank at Falfurrias checkpoint
Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias checkpoint found a woman from El Salvador hidden inside an exterior fuel tank of a flatbed truck Thursday.
The...
Border Patrol agent pleads guilty to helping smuggle cocaine through checkpoint
A Border Patrol agent from La Joya entered a guilty plea Friday to charges of attempting to aid and abet the smuggling of cocaine...
Brush guide arrested after fatal crash indicted by feds
A Tamaulipas man accused of acting as a brush guide during a fatal October smuggling event was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday...
Border Patrol agents stop smuggling attempts of marijuana
Nearly 300 pounds of marijuana was seized by border agents in the Rio Grande Valley last week.
U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in the Valley...
Border Patrol agents seize 112 pounds of marijuana near Brownsville
Brownsville Border Patrol Station agents working near Brownsville Friday received information of a black GMC pickup truck attempting an incursion on a makeshift raft...
McAllen border agents arrest several MS-13, Sureño gang members
Mara-Salvatrucha and Sureño gang members, as well as a man previously arrested for a sex crime, were among several arrests Border Patrol agents at...
Two dead in Mission crash that ends in human smuggling arrest
The Mission Police Department is investigating a crash that left two people dead Saturday morning, according to local law enforcement.
According to a Texas Department...
More than 300 migrants apprehended in Brownsville over the weekend
In a matter of two days, U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in Brownsville have apprehended 301 migrants, the federal agency stated in a media...
Trial for men in alleged drug trafficking ring set for next week
Two defendants accused of belonging to a Starr County drug trafficking organization are set to go to trial next week.
U.S. District Judge Randy Crane...
Border Patrol seizes nearly 173 pounds of meth at Sarita checkpoint
As a maroon Chrysler sedan approached the Sarita Border Patrol checkpoint Wednesday morning, agents were waiting for it.
Border Patrol agents had received information from...