U.S. Customs and Border Protection Media Releases Update

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Border Patrol Station Hosting Citizens Academy
09/06/2019 05:26 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station is taking applications by phone now through September 27 for the Border Patrol Citizens Academy in Bisbee, Arizona. Open to the public, the academy will be conducted Tuesdays, 5 p.m. to-8:30 p...
Swanton Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest 24 Illegal Aliens During Checkpoint Operation
09/06/2019 04:23 PM EDT

LEBANON, N.H. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Swanton Sector arrested a total of 25 people during an immigration checkpoint and related operations in the Lebanon, New Hampshire area from September 3 – September 6, including arresting 24...
Border Patrol Arrests Previously Deported Sex Offender
09/06/2019 04:21 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported sex offender on Wednesday after he reentered the country illegally near Hereford. Tucson Sector agents apprehended Heliodoro Regino-Garcia, a 44-year-old Mexican national,...
Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest 10 Illegal Aliens
09/06/2019 04:12 PM EDT

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Zapata Station intercepted a vehicle transporting illegal aliens on U.S. Highway 83 (US 83).  The incident occurred during the early morning hours of September 5, when agents attempted to...
CBP Officers Seize 1,700 Pounds of Drugs This Holiday Weekend
09/06/2019 03:21 PM EDT

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 holiday weekend intercepted 1,700 pounds of drugs, valued over $9.9 million, and captured 22 fugitives. From...