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Failed Human Smuggling Attempts at Laredo Sector Stopped by Combined Law Enforcement Actions
09/01/2021 04:56 PM EDT

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo North Station, Encinal Police Department (EPD), and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) apprehended several undocumented individuals during several failed human smuggling...
CBP Officers Seize Veterinary Medications
09/01/2021 03:59 PM EDT

EL PASO, TEXAS  - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry seized dozens of boxes of horse medications and supplements Tuesday.Seized products.The seizure was made shortly after 12 p.m. when a 44-year-old U.S...
Border Patrol Foil Five Human Smuggling Events in the RGV
09/01/2021 03:56 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents made 25 arrests and seized two pistols from five failed human smuggling events within 24-hours.Yesterday morning, a white Ford F-150 and a brown Ford Explorer approached the...
RGV Border Patrol Agents Provide Lifesaving Efforts
09/01/2021 03:53 PM EDT

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents continue saving lives throughout the Rio Grande Valley.Yesterday afternoon, Falfurrias Border Patrol Station agents were deployed from the checkpoint to a nearby ranch. These actions...
$5.2 Million worth of fake Cartier jewelry Seized by Cincinnati CBP
09/01/2021 02:35 PM EDT

CINCINNATI—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati recently seized two shipments containing a total of 500 pieces of counterfeit Cartier jewelry. If the jewelry—which came from China and Hong Kong—had been genuine, it would...