U.S. Customs and Border Protection Media Releases Update

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CBP Officers Seize $37K Worth of Methamphetamine
04/23/2019 12:47 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port of Nogales seized more than 12 pounds of methamphetamine over the weekend. CBP Officers at the Mariposa Crossing referred a 22-year-old Phoenix...
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Surpasses 2018 Total Apprehensions Numbers
04/23/2019 12:30 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – The U.S. Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley Sector continues to experience unprecedented numbers in illegal alien apprehensions.  Less than seven months into the fiscal year, the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol...
Yuma Sector Agents Continue to Save Lives While Putting Themselves at Risk for the U.S. and its Laws
04/23/2019 12:30 PM EDT

YUMA, Ariz. – A Yuma Station Border Patrol agent was assaulted by an illegal alien Sunday morning, just 10 hours before agents with the Yuma Sector Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue Team undertook a humanitarian mission to rescue two illegal...
Multiple criminals arrested by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley
04/23/2019 12:09 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested multiple criminal aliens over the Easter holiday weekend. On Friday, McAllen agents working near Mission, Texas, arrested a Mexican national whose record checks revealed an arrest by the Gwinnett...
Border Patrol Big Bend Sector and Presidio Port of Entry Add 12 New Emergency Medical Technicians
04/23/2019 12:07 PM EDT

MARFA, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Big Bend Sector graduates twelve new Emergency Medical Technicians. Newly trained EMT's.Big Bend Sector Chief Patrol Agent Matthew J. Hudak said, “I want to personally congratulate these new EMT’s. We work in some...
CBP at JFK seizes Counterfeit Professional & Collegiate Sports Rings
04/23/2019 12:06 PM EDT

JAMAICA, N.Y. — On March 11, 2019, CBP officers inspecting a shipment from China discovered and seized 177 counterfeit professional and collegiate sports rings worth an estimated manufacturer suggested retail price of $11.7 million, had they been...
Border Patrol Coordinates Rescue Efforts with the National Park Service To Rescue Two Persons in the Big Bend National Park
04/23/2019 11:38 AM EDT

ALPINE, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Alpine Station coordinated efforts with Big Bend National Park Service to rescue two illegal aliens in Big Bend National Park.      Patrol Agent in Charge of the Alpine Station Roberto...
Border Patrol Agents in New York Foil Smuggling Attempts and Arrest Suspected Smuggler
04/23/2019 11:11 AM EDT

Burke Station Border Patrol agents patrolling theborder in northeastern New YorkFORT COVINGTON, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Burke Border Patrol Station apprehended two illegal aliens from Italy, and a Spanish smuggler, on Friday...
CBP at Hidalgo International Bridge Seizes Heroin Worth $781K
04/23/2019 09:48 AM EDT

HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a 42-year-old woman from Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico after discovering $781,000 worth of heroin in the vehicle she was...
Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza en el Puente Internacional de Hidalgo Heroin Worth $781K
04/23/2019 09:47 AM EDT

HIDALGO, Texas-EE.UU. Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza, Operaciones Aduaneras (OFO por sus siglas en inglés) en el Puente Internacional de Hidalgo arrestó a una mujer de 42 años de edad de Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, México después de descubrir $781,000...