Sheriff deputies from one small West Texas county found migrants smuggled via small aircraft in a departure from the typical roadways. While responding to a report of a plane crash near the Presidio International Airport, deputies discovered the passengers were migrants being smuggled away from the Mexican border.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with CBP’s Air and Marine Operations to apprehend a group of migrants attempting to use camouflage to conceal their location. The migrants attempted to conceal their location in the rocks and brush after fleeing from Border Patrol agents.
Police in San Antonio continue the search for a little girl who has been missing since December 20. The young child went missing from a playground at her apartment complex.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Unknown gunmen dumped the bodies of two men executed cartel-style near a local public park. The men were shot in the head, their arms and legs were tied, and their faces covered with t-shirts as hoods.
Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1.9 million migrants who illegally crossed the southwest border with Mexico between ports of entry during 2021. Another estimated half-million migrants managed to avoid apprehension and sneak into the U.S.
Un grupo de sicarios en el sur de México continúa imponiendo restricciones de COVID-19 en sus territorios y recurre a tablizas para castigar a los infractores.
Cartel gunmen in southern Mexico still enforce COVID-19 restrictions in their territories and resort to corporal punishment for violators.
Border Patrol agents assigned to an immigration checkpoint near the Arizona border with Mexico found an armed human smuggler with three people locked in the trunk of the vehicle. The three migrants included a minor.
Official Facebook and Twitter posts on Yuma Sector Border Patrol and Chief Chris Clem’s accounts regarding the arrest of a “potential terrorist” disappeared after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deleted the reports. Citing a violation of protocols and inappropriate release of sensitive information, all social media were scrubbed by the federal agency. The postings from December 20 indicated the agency determined an arrested man linked to Yemeni subjects of interest.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three migrants who became endangered in the Rio Grande as they crossed from Mexico to Texas. In one incident, the agents rescued a man and his one-year-old child.
An alleged human smuggler reportedly assaulted a Border Patrol agent and killed a migrant during a vehicle pursuit in southern California. The death occurred on Christmas Day when the smuggler crashed and ejected three passengers from his vehicle.
Drone video captured the images of a group of six migrants illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the Laredo Sector. Agents found them carrying large bundles of marijuana.
La reciente muerte de un mando de alto rango del cártel del Golfo ha provocado un aumento en los tiroteos y asesinatos en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León. Si bien la figura del cartel murió en un tiroteo con las autoridades, existe la sospecha de que sus propios asociados pueden haberlo traicionado para ser capturado o asesinado.
The recent death of a Gulf Cartel lieutenant led to a spike in shootings and murders in the border state of Nuevo Leon. Although the figure died in a shootout with authorities, there are suspicions that his own associates may have set him up.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 2,700 migrants over the Christmas weekend, adding to the nearly 30,000 in November.
Un grupo de policías estatales que patrullaban la noche de Navidad rescataron a una mujer que había sido secuestrada en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa. Se desconoce el motivo del secuestro.
State police patrolling on Christmas Night rescued a kidnapped woman in the border city of Reynosa. The motive for the abduction remains unknown.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a lost migrant in the Jacumba Wilderness near the California border with Mexico. The rescue occurred shortly before the Christmas holiday weekend after local dispatchers received a distress call from the lost Salvadoran.
Policías del estado fronterizo en Tamaulipas entregaron cientos de juguetes a niños de familias de bajos ingresos. El evento se ha convertido en una tradición anual donde los oficiales juntan sus recursos y recolectan juguetes durante el año para el evento.
State police in Tamaulipas delivered toys to children from low-income families as part of a yearly tradition among officers to pool resources.
A Pennsylvania father and his two young sons died in a house fire early Christmas morning, while his wife and eldest son made it out alive.
Border Patrol agents spread Christmas cheer in communities along the southwest and northern borders in the days leading up to the holiday weekend. While most American families gathered to celebrate the birth of Christ, Border Patrol agents continued their vigilance to protect our nation’s borders.
Mexico’s ruling party faces a major controversy following the arrest of one of their top political operators. Prosecutors charged the man with being one of the masterminds behind the murder of a mayoral candidate. The arrest caused an apparent rift between federal and state politicians from the MORENA party over claims that the case is a political maneuver.
A charity group organized by Border Patrol agents recently collected and distributed Christmas and holiday gifts for the children of fallen agents. This marks the organization’s seventh year of giving. Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector began an
Cartel Smugglers continued their work on Christmas Eve moving more than 200 migrants across the Rio Grande in the Border Patrol’s busiest sector. As many celebrated the holidays on both sides of the border, the smugglers and Border Patrol agents engaged in what has become routine business on the southwest border.
Border Patrol agents found a six-year-old unaccompanied migrant child safeguarding her one-year-old cousin on the bank of the Rio Grande. In a scene all too common this year, five total unaccompanied children were apprehended on Thursday morning near Del Rio, Texas.
DEL RIO, Texas — According to a source within Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a 47-year-old Cuban migrant died after collapsing in a Border Patrol detention cell in Comstock, Thursday. The man was transported to a local hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced deceased. The man had been in custody since Sunday and was awaiting transfer to ICE.
Mexico’s ruling political party sanctioned its top talent after video capturing the operative’s expressions of support for the Gulf Cartel recently surfaced online. The viral clip reignited accusations that the federal government is not adequately fighting cartels.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents found more than migrants in two human smuggling stash house investigations this week: bundles of drugs and firearms.
Two Texas sheriff’s deputies rushed into a burning house to rescue a disabled man trapped on his porch. The entire porch went up in flames seconds after the deputies pulled the man to safety.
A Mexican migrant attempting to illegally scale a border wall in New Mexico died after falling from the barrier. The migrant suffered severe head trauma.
A Department of Homeland Security source with knowledge of the case says the CBP Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has concluded its investigation into the September incident where mounted Border Patrol agents were accused of “whipping” or “strapping” Haitian migrants near Del Rio, Texas. The source notes a final decision on possible criminal charges is imminent from the Justice Department. Several agents are subject to the investigation and remain on administrative duties.
Un grupo de sicarios secuestró y torturó a un trabajador de Petróleos Mexicanos que formaba parte de una cuadrilla que inspeccionaba gasoductos en los estados fronterizos de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León. La región donde ocurrió el secuestro está siendo disputada actualmente por dos cárteles de la droga.
Cartel gunmen kidnapped and tortured an oil worker in Mexico who was inspecting pipelines in the border states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. The region is currently being fought over by two cartels.
Photos tweeted by U.S. Border Patrol officials this week show the filthy and dangerous conditions human smugglers force upon migrants. The photos show the conditions of stash houses discovered along the southwest border.
NORMANDY, Texas — Border Patrol agents arrested 158 migrants crossing near this small West Texas town on Monday. The group was comprised of mostly Nicaraguan migrants who surrendered to authorities after walking up from the Rio Grande.
Hasta ahora se han descubierto ocho cuerpos en una nueva fosa en un estado fronterizo mexicano, utilizada por la facción Cartel del Noreste de Los Zetas para deshacerse de sus víctimas. El descubrimiento se produce cuando cientos de viajeros han desaparecido conduciendo hacia y desde la frontera con Texas.
Eight bodies were discovered in a mass grave in a Mexican border state used by the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas (CDN). The revelation comes as hundreds of travelers are reported missing after they drove to and from the Texas border.
Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 1 million migrants who illegally crossed into the five Texas-based sectors during the 10 full months since President Joe Biden’s Inauguration. This represents an average of more than 100,000 migrant apprehensions per month and an increase of nearly 375 percent over the same period in 2020.
Border Patrol agents in Yuma, Arizona, arrested a 21-year-old Saudi Arabian national crossing into the United States on Thursday. The agency reportedly determined the man was a positive match linked to several Yemeni subjects of interest.