Rio Grande Valley Sector - Page 15

Ruthless cartel-connected human smugglers continue to abandon their human cargo in the Texas summer heat, leaving them to possibly die from exposure, heat stroke, and dehydration. Border Patrol agents risk their own lives to rescue the abandoned illegal immigrants.

A mother and her juvenile daughter told Border Patrol agents they were sexually assaulted before crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico. The woman and her child managed to escape and joined up with another group as they prepared to cross the Rio Grande.

Five men in the Rio Grande Valley received prison sentences ranging from 16 to 30 years each for their roles in a human smuggling stash house kidnapping scheme. The men stole the human cargo from a stash house and then demanded the victims call family members to pay a ransom for their release. Two other previously deported illegal aliens also received sentences in the case.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested an MS-13 gang member and a previously convicted child rapist after they illegally crossed the border in two separate incidents.

As the surge of illegal aliens continues to mount in South Texas, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector capped off a busy day by arresting one group of 86 illegal aliens and seizing more than $1 million worth of marijuana. Agents also carried out a rescue of an illegal alien lost in the brush and, unfortunately, recovered the remains of another migrant who was not as lucky. All of these incidents occurred in the RGV Sector on Monday.

The apprehension of families and unaccompanied alien minors by Border Patrol agents along the southwest border increased substantially in June. The total apprehension of illegal aliens increased by 10 percent during that same period.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias Checkpoint in Brooks County, Texas, discovered more than $2 million-worth of cocaine being smuggled in a pickup truck.

The apprehension of illegal border crossers by Border Patrol agents jumped 31 percent in May from the previous month. The jump follows a six-month decline in apprehensions after the election of President Donald Trump. The increase comes as Border Patrol agents report “catch and release” programs are quietly continuing.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector busted smugglers bringing in a ton and a half of marijuana from Mexico. The seizures came in three separate incidents on Thursday.

A severely dehydrated illegal alien called 911 pleading to be rescued after becoming lost in the desert near the Arizona border with Mexico. Human smugglers apparently abandoned the man and left him to die. Border Patrol agents from the Tucson

President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget asks Congress to construct 60 miles of new border walls along the U.S./Mexico border – all of which would be located in Texas.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector captured two previously deported illegal alien sex offenders within a few hours on Tuesday.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint discovered a 250-pound shipment of liquid methamphetamine 80 miles from the Mexican border. The bust follows a similar seizure earlier this week where Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 200 pounds of liquid meth hidden in a fuel tank.

A report from the Department of Homeland Security stated south Texas border communities may be the first to receive sections of President Donald Trump’s planned wall.

Border Patrol agents in South Texas rescued two Mexican nationals from drowning while swimming in the Rio Grande River. Mexicans along the south bank of the river notified the agents as to the two men’s distress.

A new report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates a significant decrease in border apprehensions along the U.S./Mexico Border of more than 60 percent since the month President Donald Trump took office. Total apprehension for March declined from the previous month by 30 percent.

Border Patrol officials in the Rio Grande Valley Sector report that their agents arrested more than 100 previously deported sex offenders that illegally re-entered the U.S. Agents arrested two during a one-hour period in separate locations in the sector on Wednesday.

Several illegal immigrants attacked Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector during a 24-hour period.

House Speaker Paul Ryan paid a visit to the Texas/Mexico Border where he was taken for a ride by a horse he could not control. Border Patrol agents quickly corralled the horse that attempted to run off with Speaker Ryan and led him back to the group.

A decline in border crossings in the Rio Grande Valley Sector allowed officials to shut down one of its temporary holding facilities. Officials opened the facility in December in response to the surge of migrant apprehensions in south Texas.

The spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) told the Fox News Channel that her agents are not a deterrent to illegal border crossings in the current climate.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector stopped six sex offenders from re-entering the U.S. in less than one week. One of the sex offenders was allegedly smuggling marijuana.

Border Patrol agents on horseback were invited to ride in the inaugural parade for President-elect Donald J. Trump. The agents are from the U.S. Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley Sector’s (RGV) Horse Patrol team.

Border Patrol agents from the Laredo and Rio Grande Valley Sectors joined up to raid a stash house where 44 illegal immigrants were being warehoused.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector disrupted a smuggling operation using a makeshift ferry to haul drugs across the border.

Federal authorities seized nearly $7 million in crystal methamphetamine at two international border bridges in south Texas in one week.

Human smugglers in south Texas again revealed their callous disregard for human life when they abandoned 11 illegal immigrants, including small children, in the middle of the Rio Grande River.

A woman believed to have been smuggling three children who had entered the country illegally has been arrested of running through an immigration checkpoint and leading authorities on a high speed chase.

Total apprehension of illegal aliens along our country’s southwestern border increased for the fifth consecutive month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials reported. It was the tenth month that reported increases over the previous month in the past year.

A program targeting the top 10 human smugglers in the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector yielded another arrest.

A raid by Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector yielded a stash of fifteen illegal aliens.

Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector were assaulted by rock-throwing foreign nationals for the second time in a week.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents working on the Rio Grande River were assaulted by Mexicans throwing rocks.

The reassignment of U.S. Border Patrol agents to the Rio Grande Valley Sector announced on Saturday will leave other areas of the border less secure. Agents are being reallocated to assist with a growing surge of immigrants from Mexico and Central America.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector assisted local law enforcement with the rescue of 20 illegal immigrants who were locked inside a cargo truck.

Federal customs officers seized over 780 pounds of marijuana at an international bridge between Texas and Mexico.