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Human Smuggler Caught with 2 Adults, 2 Minors
07/21/2017 05:47 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – After Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers stopped a 2005 Chevrolet Tuesday afternoon for an expired registration, they called the Border Patrol in Casa Grande for assistance to investigate possible human smuggling. The DPS...
Border Patrol Discovers Methamphetamine in Truck’s Gas Tank
07/21/2017 05:22 PM EDT

SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling methamphetamine Friday morning.   The incident occurred at approximately 9 a.m. when a 48-year-old man...
Body found on south Texas ranch in the Rio Grande Valley
07/21/2017 05:20 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – On Thursday evening, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias Border Patrol Station received a call from a concerned citizen that he encountered a deceased individual. At approximately 9:00 p.m., the Brooks County...
Agents help recover two drowning victims from the Rio Grande
07/21/2017 05:17 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – On Tuesday morning, U.S. Border Patrol riverine agents working near Brownsville, Texas recovered a drowning victim from the Rio Grande. At approximately 10:00 a.m., Brownsville riverine agents patrolling the river observed a person...
Rio Grande Valley agents arrest convicted felons, gang member
07/21/2017 05:13 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested numerous criminals over the last few days, including two felons and an MS-13 gang member. The most significant arrest occurred when Border Patrol Station agents...
Laredo Sector Border Patrol Repatriates Mexican National Wanted by Government of Mexico
07/21/2017 04:16 PM EDT

LAREDO, Texas – On July 20, 2017, members of the Laredo Sector Border Patrol Foreign Operations Branch repatriated a Mexican national by turning him over to the custody of Government of Mexico officials from the Procuraduria General de la Republica...