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

MISSION — Illegal immigration is a disaster of unprecedented proportions, and the blame lies squarely at the feet of President Joe Biden.

A man has pleaded guilty to importing about $40,000 worth of cocaine through the Hidalgo port of entry, court records indicate.

United States Customs and Border Protection officers on Saturday seized methamphetamine worth more than $10 million from a shipment of fresh jalapeño peppers, according to a press release.

A Brownsville man is in federal custody after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found nearly 101 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a 2019 Dodge Charger he drove to the Gateway International Bridge.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on Friday discovered more than 300 pounds of methamphetamine and nearly 15 pounds of heroin concealed in a man’s Ford F-150, according to a criminal complaint.

Just one day after news broke that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas had greenlit the construction of new border wall in Starr County — waiving 26 federal laws in the process — both local and federal officials have been left with questions.

An attempt to smuggle around 330 pounds of cocaine, which is worth more than $4 million, from Mexico to the U.S. was thwarted by federal authorities at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge last weekend.

The rubber bands gave her away.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a man attempting to smuggle over 800 pounds of methamphetamine through the Pharr Port of Entry Wednesday.

A former Customs and Border Protection officer was sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for trafficking drugs.