Rescue teams in the Mediterranean Sea are giving up hope of finding more than 28 survivors from a vessel that was carrying 850 migrants, as the captain of the ship and one of his crew members are charged by Italian authorities with reckless homicide and engaging in human smuggling activities.
The Chinese government has banned mainland residents on the Hong Kong border to travel freely into the autonomous region, limiting their visits to one per week following protests against smugglers triggering a spike in retail prices for Hong Kong residents.
A Miami man admitted he tried to sell seven guns believed to have been owned by family members of Iraqi dictator Sadaam Hussein, weapons that were sent to New Jersey to be seen by prospective buyers, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said.
Osiel Cardenas Jr., the son of the former supreme leader of the Gulf Cartel, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, has pleaded guilty to smuggling ammunition from the border city of Brownsville, Texas into Matamoros, Mexico.
Border patrol agents with National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) Local 1613 are publicly voicing concern over new policies the representatives say pose a threat to national security.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter fired warning shots Saturday night at suspected drug smugglers operating a panga boat off the coast of La Jolla, California, forcing the boat to stop and surrender to authorities.
MCALLEN, Texas — A human smuggler from Mexico is facing up to 20-years in prison after a federal grand jury indicted him on a conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and eight counts of transporting illegal aliens for a fateful attempt
The Interview might be headed to North Korea, despite the country’s strict ban on outside entertainment and their official condemnation of the film, which depicts two reporters attempting to assassinate leader Kim Jong-un. Human rights activists reportedly plan to airlift
ISIS is raking in millions of pounds for its war chest by selling looted artefacts and antiquities pillaged from across Syria and Iraq, directly to western collectors, including some British residents. The illegal trade is so lucrative that the Islamists
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Seven people have been detained in Moldova on suspicion they smuggled uranium and mercury in a metal container from Russia to be used in a dirty bomb, police said Tuesday. House searches were carried out last
HOUSTON, Texas — While 95 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents are men, officials are taking steps to increase the number of female agents. Border Patrol recently posted a job listing for new agents that is “restricted to female applicants only.” The pay is $39,012.00
Mark Wahlberg wants a 1988 felony assault conviction expunged from his record so that he can become a reserve officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. As Breitbart’s Kelli Serio reported last week, Wahlberg recently filed legal documents with the
Authorities are looking into a fatal wreck caused by illegal alien smugglers, trying to elude capture, that resulted in their death while injuring seven others. The wreck took place Wednesday morning near the farming town of Ricardo, Texas about 15
With just days until Obamacarearchitect Jonathan Gruber testifies before Congress, a 2008 study hasresurfaced which reveals that former New York City mayor Michael Bloombergfunded research by Gruber on the benefits of tobacco taxes. The study alsoincluded assistance from now-Center for
Jordanian officials have detained twenty-one Muslim Brotherhood operatives, who have been charged with smuggling weapons and cash into the disputed West Bank region, according to reports in Arabic media. The Muslim Brotherhood operatives were accused of attempting to create a
Recent arrests in Jordan and Israel show that Hamas and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood are trying to smuggle weapons into Gaza and the West Bank. After Egypt’s army destroyed tunnels joining Gaza and Sinai that had been lucrative smuggling paths,
MCALLEN, Texas – The three Texan’s kidnapped and killed in Mexico in October had ties to Mexican cartels, according to a leaked Homeland Security document obtained exclusively by Breitbart Texas. Mexican news outlets had previously reported the Texans were innocent victims. A woman
With the rise of the Texas grassroots conservative movement over the past six years and two legislative sessions, our common goal has been to make Texas strong so that her character, integrity, and pro-Liberty governance can lead a troubled nation
A Mexican couple was caught entering Texas with $531,000 in cash hidden in their cars at the Texas border by the border sheriff’s deputies. According to court records obtained by Breitbart Texas, Webb County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Alma Marrufo and her
MCALLEN, Texas – A convicted human smuggler who had been deported two times before is facing human smuggling charges. He is accused of running a human stash house where witnesses say he tried to rape a Salvadoran woman who was
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A Texas border man came close to having his thanksgiving dinner in a jail cell after federal agents caught him allegedly trying to smuggle more than $250,000 in cash into Mexico. Agents with U.S. Customs and Border
Taxpayers’ own money is being used against them, as the government doles it out in benefits to fraudulent claimers who use it to fund terrorism, the metropolitan police’s counter terrorism unit has revealed. Assistant Commissioner Terri Nicholson said terrorists were
The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office of the inspector general (OIG) received 29,000 complaints, opened 1,000 investigations, and achieved 300 convictions in 2014 related to employee misconduct and corruption involving Border Patrol agents and other officers from the
A Texas police chief will spend four and a half years in federal prison for using the witness protection program to collect bribes from illegal aliens wanting to avoid deportation. On Friday, 52-year-old Andres Tomas Gutierrez was sentenced to four
Strong law enforcement presence and close cooperation in response to the recent immigration surge in the South Texas Border has been running cartel smugglers out of business, and forcing them to engage in common crime such as store robberies and
On the day after U.S. President Barack Obama announced his immigration executive action, some of the top law enforcement officials on the Texas border say that the key to avoiding a new immigration crisis lies on the message that gets
HOUSTON, Texas — Border Patrol agents seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine in one bust along the Texas-Mexico border. At the time of the bust, the drugs were in the possession of a Mexican man who was attempting to
Residents along the U.S.-Mexico border have noticed that the number of illegal immigrants trying to unlawfully enter the United States increases every time President Barack Obama “opens his mouth” regarding amnesty. According to a KRGV report, “foot traffic is once
Video of Ralph Nader, published in 2008, shows the liberal stalwart calling out many of his fellow liberal friends for abandoning a push for American sovereignty by securing the border. The objective was to protect American workers from wage loss,
A human smuggler was busted earlier this week at the U.S.-Canadian border. Three individuals were arrested and charged as a result of the incident, which took place at the Peace Bridge port of entry. According to U.S. Customs and Border
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Car bombs went off outside the Egyptian and United Arab Emirates embassies in the Libyan capital on Thursday, causing some damage to the long-shuttered buildings but no casualties, officials said. The near-simultaneous explosions rocked the upscale
A trial has been set for 31-year-old Feliz Hernandez, a school board member in Progreso, Texas who is allegedly caught with 1,254 pounds of marijuana in his car. Hernandez, who is facing a second-degree felony drug smuggling charge, will stand trial
One California prison is utilizing a dog to sniff out cellphones hidden by prisoners. The dog, Drako, working in Vacaville, has a sensational nose for the phones. His officer, Brian Pyle, showed exactly how Drako worked. Pyle told San Francisco’s
CAIRO (AP) — Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a jihadi organization based in the Sinai Peninsula that has carried out several attacks targeting Egyptian security forces, has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. The announcement reflects the growing regional appeal of
MCALLEN, Texas — Not long after Mexico’s Attorney General made the announcement that 43 education students that had been kidnapped by police and turned over to a drug cartel had been executed, protesters took to the streets and eventually set
MCALLEN, Texas — A squad of gunmen riding in three SUV’s pulled into a rural home near the Texas border, stormed into the property, and shot one person during the robbery. The home invasion took place in a rural area
HOUSTON, Texas — More than 679 pounds of cocaine, worth over $9 million, were seized with the assistance of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air and Marine agents operating off the southern coast of Texas. Agents aboard a P-3
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Governor-Elect Greg Abbott wasted little time after his victory was announced Tuesday evening, sending out a press release announcing he would start the transition process on Wednesday. Holding a press conference in the Old Supreme Courtroom
MCALLEN, Texas — Federal prosecutors have moved to seize a Texas home belonging to the girlfriend of the former head of the Gulf Cartel. The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed suit to seize a home in McAllen Texas that belongs to
