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TweetPinShareBy Eileen Mamaghani and Ellis Preston/Cronkite News WASHINGTON, D.C. – The recent incursion by masked federal agents on Tohono O’odham land didn’t just anger that tribe, which has been trying to block border …
Use of masked agents on Tohono O’odham land sparks Native outrage at Cherokee DHS chief Markwayne Mullin Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection SAN DIEGO – On Aug. 3, CBP officers referred a 22-year-old male Mexican national driving a 2024 Revoo electric moped for a secondary inspection …
CBP officers seize fentanyl hidden in electric moped at San Ysidro Port of Entry Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection YUMA, Ariz. – Through a coordinated effort, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew located a downed aircraft, a Border Patrol tactical …
CBP’s Air and Marine Operations and Border Patrol locate downed airplane in Western Arizona, occupants rescued Read More
TweetPinShareMexican and Guatemalan nationals were taken into custody in separate operations SAN DIEGO — In two separate targeted operations, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the San Diego Sector arrested two men …
San Diego Border Patrol arrests two convicted child sex offenders Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection TUCSON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting outbound enforcement operations at the Area Port of Nogales, Ariz., seized an RPG launcher tube, …
CBP Officers seize weapons and parts at the DeConcini crossing Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection PHARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $2.6 million in suspected methamphetamine concealed in a …
CBP officers seize more than $2.6 million in methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOGALES, Arizona — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Port of Entry seized more than 120 pounds of methamphetamine in two enforcement actions. “Our frontline officers’ ability to …
CBP officers seize over 120 pounds of methamphetamine at Nogales Port of Entry Read More
TweetPinShareWASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers in Pharr, Texas, intercepted more than $10.3 million in alleged methamphetamine concealed in a tractor-trailer filled with …
CBP seizes more than $10.3 million in ‘cereal ingredients’ not made for breakfast Read More
TweetPinShareSAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — The U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector made a significant drug bust Nov. 12 when agents discovered more than 46 pounds of fentanyl in the trunk of …
San Diego Sector Border Patrol stops freeway fentanyl smuggler Read More
TweetPinShareSAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican citizen who is a U.S. lawful permanent resident on Oct. 22, 2025. Officers discovered a record-breaking nearly 290 pounds …
CBP officers seize record-setting $13M in heroin at San Ysidro Port of Entry Read More