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Fleeing Smuggler Endangers 16-Year-Old and Others
02/12/2020 05:32 PM EST

PINE VALLEY, Calif.—San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested who was transporting five illegal aliens, including a teen, after fleeing the Pine Valley immigration checkpoint Tuesday morning. At approximately 10:45 a.m., on February 11, a man...
U.S. Border Patrol Surveillance Leads To Aggravated Felon And Drug Seizures
02/12/2020 05:08 PM EST

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – El Paso Border Patrol agents apprehend a previously deported criminal alien in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Late Monday night, Santa Teresa Border Patrol agents conducting line watch operations observed two people making an illegal...
CBP Introduces Biometric Facial Comparison at Progreso Port of Entry to Secure and Streamline Travel
02/12/2020 04:58 PM EST

PROGRESO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is introducing biometric facial comparison technology to further secure and streamline travel through the Progreso Port of Entry in southern Texas.CBP will deploy biometric facial comparison...
CBP Officers and Agriculture Specialists Ensure Valentine’s Day Bouquets are Free from Pests and Disease
02/12/2020 04:49 PM EST

SAN DIEGO – With Valentine’s Day celebrations around the corner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists working at U.S. ports of entry are busy making sure that flower imports are free from pests and diseases that...
CBP Officers Apprehend Man Wanted on $1 Million Warrant for Kidnapping
02/12/2020 04:38 PM EST

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry Monday apprehended a fugitive with an outstanding felony warrant for kidnapping, with bail set at $1 million.On Feb. 10, at about 3:30 p.m., a 50-year-old male U...
Brownsville CBP Officers Seize Narcotics Valued at More Than $2 Million in Three Seizures and Save a Child’s Life Over the Weekend
02/12/2020 02:10 PM EST

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville Port of Entry intercepted alleged narcotics in three separate enforcement actions over the weekend that have a combined estimated street value of $2,066,242.“...
Oficiales de Brownsville CBP Confiscan Narcóticos Valorados en más de $2 Millones en Tres Incautaciones y Salvan la Vida de un Niño Durante el Fin de Semana
02/12/2020 02:09 PM EST

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Los oficiales estadounidenses del Servicio de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) en el puerto de entrada de Brownsville interceptaron presuntos narcóticos en tres acciones policiales distintas...
BP Statement Regarding Border Wall Construction on Monument Hill
02/12/2020 01:58 PM EST

TUCSON, Ariz. – The construction contractor has begun controlled blasting, in preparation for new border wall system construction, within the Roosevelt Reservation at Monument Mountain in the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector. The controlled...