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Over $2.4 Million Worth of Narcotics Seized by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley
05/26/2021 05:03 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted three narcotics smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of over 900 pounds of marijuana and 46 pounds of cocaine. Yesterday afternoon, RGV agents along with the...
Alpine Sub-Station Agents Seize Over 1,500 Pounds of Marijuana
05/26/2021 04:55 PM EDT

Alpine, TEXAS – Big Bend National Park Border Patrol agents encountered two pick-up trucks involved in a narcotics smuggling scheme south of Alpine, Texas.  On Saturday, May 22, 2021, Big Bend National Park Border Patrol agents encountered two...
RGV Agents Disrupt Three Human Smuggling Stash Houses
05/26/2021 03:51 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas– Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents apprehended 22 subjects in three separate human smuggling stash houses in Edinburg, Texas.Yesterday morning, RGV agents responded to a call for assistance from the Starr County...
CBP Intercepts Tiny Pest in Herb Shipment
05/26/2021 03:43 PM EDT

This red palm mite attached itself torosemary herbs enroute to the U.S.HOUSTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at George Bush Intercontinental Airport discovered a tiny pest that attached itself to a leaf in a...
CBP Warns Against Third-Party Site Use for ESTA Applications
05/26/2021 02:44 PM EDT

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Border Patrol Agents Arrest 10 Sex Offenders
05/26/2021 01:33 PM EDT

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested 10 convicted sexual offenders May 17 to May 24, shortly after they crossed into the United States illegally.“The majority of these criminals were apprehended in our...