Tag: Border Patrol
Internal Border Patrol emails offer glimpse into record-setting week
Amidst the largest migrant shelter reaching capacity, a record number of migrant apprehensions, transportation shortages and a disastrous state order threatening to endanger lives...
CBP: Non-essential trips to resume with restriction
During a Friday press conference hosted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville, Port Director Tater Ortiz announced that...
Hidalgo County to get $6 million to continue border operations
Hidalgo County law enforcement agencies received an increase in federal funding this year to continue an operation that allows officers to work overtime and...
McAllen Border Patrol agents see more drone activity in human smuggling
A criminal complaint filed in McAllen federal court this week indicates Border Patrol agents have seen a recent increase in the use of drones...
Border Patrol detains 40, arrests 6 suspected smugglers over holiday weekend
U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested half-a-dozen suspected smugglers over the holiday weekend, including one who was armed and another who said he needed...
Authorities arrest 10, seize more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana near Roma
The Starr County Sheriff's Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Border Patrol, raided a property Wednesday morning near Roma and...
27 people found hidden inside swimming pool, Border Patrol says
Border Patrol on Monday night arrested two men from Dallas after agents say they found 27 people in the country illegally hidden inside a...
Retired Border Patrol agent launches bid for 15th congressional district
A retired Border Patrol supervisor has announced he is running for the 15th congressional district on a conservative Republican platform.
In a news release, Aizar...
Attempt to smuggle people crammed in coffin thwarted at Falfurrias checkpoint
A man is under arrest after Border Patrol says he drove a "pseudo hearse" to the Falfurrias checkpoint, claiming to be transporting the remains...
160 pounds of meth found in self-proclaimed Army vet’s vehicle
A man who claimed to be an Army veteran on a trip to the VA hospital in San Antonio was arrested on Monday after...
