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Tag: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol

U.S. Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin stands on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence on October 3, 2013 at San Ysidro, California. While hundreds of thousands of government workers were furloughed due to the federal shutdown, thousands of Border Patrol agents, air-traffic controllers, prison guards and other federal employees deemed 'essential' remain on duty, although their pay may be delayed.

Mexican National Wanted For Murder In Colorado Arrested Illegally Entering U.S.

CBP arrested Ignacio Luque Verdugo, a 31-year-old Mexican citizen, after he illegally entered the U.S. about three miles west of the Calexico, California port of entry on Friday morning. When CBP ran Luque’s information through law enforcement databases they discovered he was wanted, on an active felony warrant, for First Degree Murder in Colorado.