Tag: Sarita
Woman tried to pay off $4k debt by smuggling people through Sarita checkpoint
A Rio Grande Valley woman is under arrest after trying to smuggle two people in the country illegally through the Sarita Border Patrol checkpoint to pay off a $4,000 debt she owed to a game room, according to a criminal complaint.
30 pounds of cocaine found in suitcase at Sarita checkpoint, lands Michigan men in...
Border Patrol agents at the Sarita checkpoint apprehended two men after finding more than 31 pounds of cocaine concealed inside a black suitcase, according to a criminal complaint.
Border Patrol arrests trucker at Sarita checkpoint after finding 18 people hidden in grain...
Border Patrol agents at the Javier Vega Jr. Checkpoint in Sarita nearly let a man go on Saturday who was allegedly smuggling nearly 20 people inside a grain hopper, according to a criminal complaint.
Matamoros woman accused of smuggling 268 pounds of liquid methamphetamine
A Matamoros woman arrested by federal authorities on a methamphetamine smuggling charge said she was being paid to smuggle the illegal narcotics and had done so on previous occasions, federal court documents reflect.
Border Patrol agent’s assault under investigation, complaint says
The FBI is investigating an incident over the weekend that resulted in a Border Patrol agent sustaining multiple injuries while attempting to retrain a...
Border Patrol finds immigrants hidden in vehicles
The U.S. Border Patrol said agents discovered three different smuggling operations over the weekend.
At the Sarita checkpoint, agents discovered eight immigrants hidden in a...
Border Patrol finds 33 people in tractor-trailer at Sarita checkpoint
Border Patrol stopped a tractor-trailer early Tuesday morning at the Sarita checkpoint that the driver said was loaded with produce destined for an H-E-B...
RGV Border Patrol agents arrest sex offenders at checkpoints
U.S. Border Patrol agents say they arrested three illegal immigrants all wanted on sex abuse cases.
On Sunday, three suspects were detained at the Vega...
Dozens of immigrants found in trucks at Sarita checkpoint
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Monday afternoon they discovered 33 immigrants hidden in box trucks at the Javier Vega checkpoint near Sarita.
In a...