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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly $340,000 worth of fentanyl at the Hidalgo International Bridge on Wednesday, according to a news release from the federal agency.

A McAllen woman who is accused of smuggling cocaine brought along her children and a male co-defendant in hopes of deterring authorities from searching the vehicle because they appeared to be a family, according to a criminal complaint.

A man who claimed to be a former law enforcement officer could not explain to federal agents why he would take a box from an unknown man selling fruit at a Home Depot after authorities found nearly 50 pounds of cocaine inside that box.

Border Patrol agents discovered 55 people, including three minors, hidden inside a tractor-trailer hauling pallets of peppers on Thursday.

A 21-year-old Chicago woman remains in federal custody after pleading guilty to smuggling over 31 pounds of cocaine from Mexico.

Border Patrol agents arrested a man last week after foiling an attempt to smuggle nearly 30 people into the country illegally.

Two men are under arrest after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers noticed drug packaging coming out of the left quarter panel area of the trunk in a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox.

A jovial and optimistic commissioner for Customs and Border Protection visited the Valley this week to learn how partnerships with local leaders created infrastructure supporting fluctuating immigration traffic through an historic year.

Border Patrol agents stopped human smuggling attempts Tuesday at the Falfurrias checkpoint.

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man who admitted to trying to smuggle two cousins from Mexico in a flag-draped “pseudo hearse” through the Falfurrias checkpoint to eight months in prison, court records indicate.