Tag: U.S. Border Patrol

All is fair in love and smuggling.

United States Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias checkpoint discovered 42 people illegally present in the country inside a trailer that was so cold it caused one person to cry, according to a criminal complaint.

A United States citizen has been charged with assaulting federal officers when they attempted to apprehend him for his involvement in a human smuggling event that happened early Monday morning, according to a criminal complaint.

A United States citizen was arrested Friday after Border Patrol agents discovered 36 bundles of cocaine hidden within his vehicle that, according to the criminal complaint, has a street value estimated to be over $3 million.

The Cameron County District Attorney's Office has arrested a Border Patrol agent on human smuggling charges.

Border Patrol agents arrested two men in separate human smuggling incidents over the weekend in the Rio Grande Valley with authorities finding 73 people in the country illegally.

Three men have been sentenced for time served after being arrested in 2021 after federal agents found a ton of marijuana hidden inside the roof of a recreational vehicle on a Starr County ranch.

As bagpipes played and the U.S. flag rose high overhead, law enforcement officers from Cameron County and actoss South Texas paid tribute Tuesday morning to fellow officers who have fallen in the line of duty.

Texas' SB 4 sent the state swirling into confusion this week as the Supreme Court briefly allowed the immigration law to go into effect for several hours before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals placed the legislation's implementation on hold.

SAN JUAN — Dozens of Border Patrol agents and representatives from local law enforcement agencies lined the main walkway leading to the Basilica Of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle-National Shrine Thursday afternoon.