Tag: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Deportation flight from Valley sends migrants to Colombia
HARLINGEN — Shuffling in shackles, 28 men and women climbed stairs to board a Boeing 737, taking a deportation flight to their home country of Colombia.
Photo Gallery: Deportation flight from Valley sends migrants to Colombia
HARLINGEN — Shuffling in shackles, 28 men and women climbed stairs to board a Boeing 737, taking a deportation flight to their home country of Colombia.
Border Patrol arrests man who elbowed agent in face near Havana
Border Patrol arrested a man illegally present in the United States after he elbowed an agent in the face during a struggle that occurred Monday, according to a criminal complaint.
CBP seizes 130 pounds of cocaine at Hidalgo International Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Saturday found a little more than 130 pounds of cocaine in a commercial bus that arrived at the Hidalgo International Bridge.
Border Patrol finds man ‘suffocating’ inside toolbox during smuggling attempt
Border Patrol agents saved three people illegally present in the United States from a toolbox they were inside during a smuggling attempt last week.
Brownsville man busted with nearly 1K rounds of ammo at Veterans International Bridge
A Brownsville man is facing federal charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection caught him with nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition, 10 magazines and a Mossberg International AR-style .22 caliber rifle, according to a criminal complaint.
Three caught trying to smuggle ammunition into Mexico
Three men who allegedly tried to export 7,000 rounds of high-powered ammunition into Mexico are in custody after Homeland Security Investigations tracked the attempt on Monday at a residence in Harlingen, an apartment in McAllen, and at the Pharr Port of Entry.
Man pleads guilty to trying to smuggle nearly 200 pounds of cocaine to Atlanta
A Mexican national pleaded guilty to possessing a little over 195 pounds concealed inside a tractor-trailer he was driving at the Falfurrias checkpoint on Nov. 13, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas.
Border Patrol finds 3 people hidden in spare tire compartment that was nailed shut,...
Border Patrol agents on Sunday arrested a man at the Falfurrias checkpoint after they found three people concealed in the spare tire compartment that was “screwed shut,” according to a criminal complaint.
Murder fugitive caught at Hidalgo International Bridge beat man to death in 2000
A 47-year-old Mexican national, who is accused of “punching and kicking” a man to death, was apprehended Monday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on an outstanding murder warrant upon arriving at the Hidalgo International Bridge.