Tag: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

A four-day fire sparked unintentionally by a Border Patrol unit was finally contained Wednesday, but not before it consumed nearly 6,000 acres in Brooks County.

A concerned citizen’s tip Tuesday led Border Patrol agents to the discovery of a Weslaco stash house where agents found 49 people in the country illegally.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection received assistance from Homeland Security Investigations in McAllen after a local man detained with nearly 20 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle Thursday was accompanied by a female minor, according to a criminal complaint.

A 55-year-old Mexican National remains jailed following his arrest on an immigrant harboring charge, authorities said.

The Rio Grande Valley’s U.S. Border Patrol now answers to a new interim chief patrol agent from San Benito after their chief retired last week.

A traffic stop by Brownsville police led to the arrest of a 39-year-old Brownsville man accused of possessing cocaine and marijuana with the intent to distribute the drugs, federal court documents reflect.

Border Patrol on Saturday arrested a Michigan man after finding 27 people inside the tractor-trailer he drove to the Falfurrias checkpoint.

A Wisconsin man is under arrest after leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a 50-mile chase that reached speeds in excess of 100 mph after he refused a Border Patrol inspection at the Sarita checkpoint.

A Brownsville man who struck an immigrant teen while working for Customs and Border Protection will not be facing jail time but was instead sentenced Thursday to home confinement followed by a long probation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than $4 million worth of methamphetamine Friday at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge.