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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday arrested a man after finding nearly 50 pounds of cocaine hidden inside the fuel tank of the vehicle he drove to the Hidalgo port of entry.

Border Patrol agents discovered over 40 undocumented people at a stash house in Monte Alto on Monday after conducting surveillance at the home, according to a probable cause affidavit.

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.