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01/31/2017 05:17 PM EST

I am pleased to announce the selection of Ronald D. Vitiello as Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, effective Feb. 1, 2017. Chief Vitiello is uniquely qualified for this important senior executive leadership post – which is equivalent to an Executive...
01/31/2017 05:15 PM EST

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the ports of entry in the San Diego and Imperial Valley Counties over the weekend intercepted approximately 9,600 pounds of narcotics including more than 500 pounds of marijuana...
01/31/2017 04:02 PM EST

Malone, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Burke Station arrested two subjects after a failed human smuggling attempt near Malone, N.Y. late last week. On Friday evening, a Border Patrol agent from the Burke Station identified a suspicious...
01/31/2017 03:24 PM EST

DEL RIO, Texas - Los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza EU que trabajan en el Sector Del Rio incautaron 2.2 libras de metanfetamina, valoradas en $70,400 y 121.2 libras de marihuana, valoraron más de $96.960 en dos incidentes separados. Para el año...
01/31/2017 02:59 PM EST

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized 2.2 pounds of methamphetamine, valued at $70,400, and more than 121.2 pounds of marijuana, valued over $96,960 in two separate incidents.  For Fiscal Year 2017, which...
01/31/2017 02:23 PM EST

SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 checkpoint, arrested a man suspected of smuggling cocaine on Monday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 5:04 a.m., after a 39-year-old man approached...
01/31/2017 01:39 PM EST

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two U.S. citizens and one citizen of Mexico for suspicion of smuggling a combined 120 pounds of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine through the Port of Nogales’ DeConcini crossing....