U.S. Customs and Border Protection Media Releases Update

U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 05/29/2020 10:00 PM EDT

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Homicide, Attempted Homicide Suspect in Same Car Caught at Otay Mesa Port of Entry
05/29/2020 07:20 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry apprehended a fugitive wanted for homicide and another wanted for attempted homicide traveling in the same vehicle.  “CBP officers never know who they will...
Yuma Sector Agents Rescue Three Illegal Aliens Lost in the Desert for 2 Days
05/29/2020 07:02 PM EDT

YUMA, Ariz. –Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents from the Wellton Station rescued three illegal aliens who had been lost in the desert for two days and were in distress.Thursday afternoon, an illegal alien called 911, and stated that he and two other...
Previously Convicted Felon Arrested by Border Patrol
05/29/2020 06:44 PM EDT

CLINT, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended a convicted felon attempting to cross illegally into the United States, on May 28.Clint Border Patrol Station agents on patrol discovered the entry of a group of five individuals attempting to...
Checkpoint Operations Disrupt Cash Smuggling
05/29/2020 06:23 PM EDT

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – U.S. Border Patrol Agents seized more than $36,000 intended for criminal use, May 28.Agents seized more than $36,000 from the vehicle.Las Cruces Border Patrol Station Agents at the I-10 checkpoint west of Las Cruces, New Mexico...