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Child Endangered During Meth Smuggling Attempt
10/02/2019 05:47 PM EDT

PINE VALLEY, Calif. — U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a woman at the Interstate 8 checkpoint who had methamphetamine hidden inside her SUV with a child in her car on Tuesday.   At approximately 9 p.m., on Oct. 1, 2019, a woman and her 6-year-old...
Diversity of Illegal Aliens Highlighted In Recent Smuggling Attempts
10/02/2019 05:22 PM EDT

Last week’s foiled smuggling attempts in New Mexico yield Chinese, Cubans, Ecuadoreans, and Salvadorans    LAS CRUCES, NM – Several U.S. Border Patrol incidents in New Mexico last week reveal the diversity of people from all over the world who are...
Border Patrol seizes Hard Narcotics at Rio Grande Valley Checkpoints
10/02/2019 04:00 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted two separate narcotics smuggling cases resulting in the seizure of methamphetamine during the past week. On September 26, 2019, U.S. Border Patrol Agents working at the Javier Vega Jr. U.S....
6 Illegal Aliens, 1 US Citizen Arrested in Human Smuggling Attempt
10/02/2019 02:28 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Willcox Border Patrol agents arrested six illegal aliens and a Benson man in connection to a human smuggling event near Willcox, Monday afternoon. Agents working near the town of Willcox observed vehicles avoiding the Border Patrol...
CBP Arrests Philadelphia Man on Strong Arm Rape Charges
10/02/2019 01:52 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Philadelphia man at Philadelphia International Airport Monday who was wanted by the Philadelphia Police Department on rape charges. CBP officers detained Edgar Joel Vargas, 21,...