U.S. Customs and Border Protection Media Releases Update

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Yuma Sector Border Patrol Seizes Narcotics & Firearm in Multiple Events over Weekend
11/14/2018 05:43 PM EST

YUMA, Ariz. – Wellton Station Border Patrol agents arrested seven U.S. citizens and two illegal aliens in multiple smuggling events on Interstate 8 over the weekend.   In the first event Friday, at approximately 6:25 p.m., Wellton Station agents...
Yuma Sector Apprehends more than 650 Illegal Aliens in the Last Two Days
11/14/2018 05:24 PM EST

YUMA, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents in Yuma Sector apprehended 654 illegal aliens most being family units or unaccompanied juveniles from Guatemala, who surrendered themselves to agents on Monday and Tuesday.    The groups were primarily...
Patrulla Fronteriza en Yuma detiene en los últimos dos días a más de 650 extranjeros entrando
11/14/2018 05:05 PM EST

YUMA, Ariz. - Los agentes adscritos al sector de Yuma de la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos detuvieron a 654 extranjeros que entraron ilegalmente, en su mayoría familias o jóvenes no acompañados procedentes de Guatemala, que se entregaron...
Nogales CBP Officers Catch Smuggler with Meth
11/14/2018 04:57 PM EST

TUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested a Tucson woman connected with a failed attempt to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States on Tuesday. Officers seized 2 pounds of meth thatbody...
Border Patrol seizes Marijuana and Heroin in the Rio Grande Valley
11/14/2018 03:00 PM EST

EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector disrupted three separate narcotic smuggling attempts, resulting in the seizure of more than $340K worth of narcotics. Thursday evening, agents working in Rio Grande...
Border Wall Contract Award in Rio Grande Valley, Texas
11/14/2018 02:32 PM EST

WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has awarded a contract to construct approximately eight miles of levee wall system in the U.S. Border Patrol’s (USBP) Rio Grande...
Nogales CBP Officers Seize $512K in Hard Drugs
11/14/2018 12:35 PM EST

TUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested two Mexican nationals and two U.S. citizens connected with separate failed attempts to smuggle a combination of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl into the...