Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested six previously deported sex offenders after they illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico. The six arrests occurred during a six-day period along the Texas-Mexico border.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested more than 100 migrants in a 30-hour period last week. The human smuggling incidents included the packing of migrants into stash houses and vehicles.
U.S. Border Patrol agents became involved in two agent-involved shootings within hours of each other in Texas and California. Both shootings ended in the death of the subjects after agents were allegedly assaulted.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued two children who had been abandoned by smugglers on a small island in the middle of the Rio Grande border between Texas and Mexico.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents report a surge in the number of Haitian migrants illegally crossing the border into Texas. Agents quickly process and expel them back to Mexico under Title 42 Coronavirus protection protocols.
U.S. Border Patrol agents expelled more than 197,000 migrants to Mexico after they illegally crossed into the U.S. In addition, agents expelled another 328 to Canada under Coronavirus protection protocols. Another 9,412 were expelled to Mexico and Canada by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working ports of entry.
An Antifa protester wearing “medic” markings on his black bloc uniform screamed “You should be executed” at a federal agent defending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents joined local and federal law enforcement partners to raid four human smuggling stash houses. Despite the threat of the Coronavirus pandemic, cartel-connected human smugglers continue to put lives at risk by packing migrants into houses and tractor-trailer rigs without masks or other personal protection equipment.
The apprehension of migrants who illegally cross the border between ports of entry jumped again. The nearly 55,000 migrants arrested in September marks the fifth-straight month of increased apprehensions. However, apprehensions for the year fell by 53 percent from the previous year’s total.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents working an interior immigration checkpoint in Texas disrupted yet another human smuggling operations utilizing a tractor-trailer. The agents found 100 migrants locked inside a dangerously cold refrigerated trailer about 60 miles from the border with Mexico.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported child sex offender. The arrest occurred as the criminal alien attempted to sneak around the Falfurrias checkpoint in Brooks County, Texas.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents working an interior immigration checkpoint in Texas found 13 migrants packed in tape-sealed cardboard boxes.
An El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents discharged his service weapon after being assaulted by a suspected human smuggler in New Mexico. The driver of the smuggling vehicle allegedly attempted to strike the agent following a traffic stop.
A video obtained from law enforcement officials in Texas shows what appears to be a heavily armed Mexican cartel conducting a human smuggling operation. Officials indicated the smuggler’s drop off point was near Hebbronville, Texas, about 80 miles from the border with Mexico.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found a group of migrants locked in a belly-dump trailer at an interior immigration checkpoint near Freer, Texas. None of the migrants wore personal protection equipment to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
A tip from a concerned citizen in Rio Bravo, Texas, led to the rescue of 39 migrants warehoused near the Rio Grande. None of the people packed into the small house had personal protection equipment to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials awarded a pair of contracts to build new border barriers in previously unsecured sections of the Laredo Sector in South Texas. The nearly half-million-dollar contracts will add 40 miles of border wall systems where none previously existed. The Laredo Sector has approximately 110 miles of border along the Rio Grande.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an armed drug smuggler attempting to sneak 16 pounds of methamphetamine through an Arizona interior immigration checkpoint.
Tucson Branch Air and Marine Operations aircrews carried out two rescues in recent days after migrants became lost in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness area in Arizona.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested yet another previously deported child rapist after he illegally crossed from Mexico into Texas. The Guatemalan criminal alien raped a child in Lovington, New Mexico, in 2009.
A Texas deputy and Border Patrol agents recovered the partially decayed body of a migrant who died after being abandoned on a ranch located about 80 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended several groups of migrants illegally crossing into New Mexico on September 21. Agents noted the danger of these nighttime smuggling attempts through mountainous terrain.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 60 migrants in multiple human smuggling interdictions during a two-day period. The agents disrupted stash house operations and intercepted transportation efforts.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an armed man after he illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Texas. The agents arrested the subject without incident.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a group of migrants as they attempted to make their way into the U.S. interior by hiding in a grain hopper train car. The agents arrested 13 from the hopper and six more hiding elsewhere on the train.
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent shot and killed an illegal alien after being stabbed multiple times. The incident occurred as the agent attempted to arrest a group that crossed near Nogales, Arizona.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents joined local first responders to rescue two migrants who became trapped while climbing a new section of border wall. A third sustained an injury after falling.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted a drug smuggling attempt at an interior checkpoint in Arizona. They found more than 600 pounds of methamphetamine in an after-market compartment on a pickup truck.
Unmanned Aircraft System flights carried out by U.S. Customs and Border Protection led to multiple arrests along the Texas-Mexico border last week.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas continue to arrest gang members and previously deported sex offenders after they illegally cross the border from Mexico into the United States.
El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents teamed up with ICE agents and officers to disrupt a human smuggling operation in New Mexico. The effort resulted in the arrest of two human smugglers and 57 migrants from six countries.
A Brooks County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy recovered the recently deceased body of a young migrant woman who died after being abandoned by smugglers. The death occurred on a ranch located south of the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint about 80 miles from the Texas-Mexico border.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents discovered eight migrants packed in a boat being towed by an SUV at an interior immigration checkpoint in California.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted a human smuggling attempt after finding a migrant-filled horse trailer. The driver allegedly attempted to sneak around an interior immigration checkpoint.
A six-hour nighttime maritime search operation led to the apprehension of 15 migrants on a boat off the coast of California. The search involved a coordinated effort between CBP’s Air and Marine Operations aircrews and water-based rescue vessels.
Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents arrested multiple groups of migrants who illegally crossed the border on Tuesday. The groups of migrants included two previously deported men with convictions for rape and sexual assault.
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents rescued 14 migrants over the Labor Day weekend. The rescues led to eight of the 14 being transported to hospitals due to heat-related illnesses. One admitted to starting a fire after becoming lost.
Grand Forks Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two Romanian migrants after they illegally crossed from Canada to North Dakota.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously deported child molester after he illegally re-entered the United States on August 30.
A Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol K-9 found an abandoned backpack with 40 pounds of cocaine during a commercial bus inspection at the Falfurrias Immigration Checkpoint located about 80 miles north of the Texas border with Mexico.
