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    $152,000 Cash Seized OUTBOUND

    $152,000 seized from spare tire at Los Indios bridge

    by Sergio Chapa
    Posted: 02.01.2011 at 7:43 PM
    Sergio is KGBT's Interactive Manager and a reporter for VALLEYCENTRAL.COM.

    A spare tire that looked a little too clean gave him away.

    A San Benito man behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggle more than $152,000 dollars into into Mexico.

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested Arturo Aleman on federal bulk cash smuggling charges on Monday.

    The 40-year-old San Benito man was head into Mexico at the Los Indios International Bridge in his 2000 Ford Expedition.

    Court records show an alert customs officer was performing an outbound inspection saw that Aleman’s spare tire looked too clean.

    An inspection revealed 10 packages with $152,881 dollars hidden inside the tire.

    Authorties learned the money came from the Houston area and that Aleman was supposed to get paid $2,000 dollars to deliver it in Mexico.

    Aleman appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix Recio in Brownsville on Tuesday.

    Court records show that Aleman is a Mexican national.

    Judge Recio denied bond for Aleman until a Thursday afternoon hearing.

    http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=575354
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    C.B.P. News Release

    CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents at Brownsville Port Seize $152,881 in U.S. Currency during Outbound Enforcement Operation

    (Tuesday, February 01, 2011)

    Brownsville, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Border Patrol agents conducting outbound enforcement operations at the Brownsville port of entry seized $152,881 in bulk U.S. currency.

    On Jan. 31, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents working outbound enforcement operations at the Los Indios International Bridge came in contact with a 2000 Ford Expedition as it attempted to exit the United States and enter Mexico. The driver, a 40 year-old Mexican citizen from San Benito, Texas was escorted to secondary for further inspection. In secondary, a search of the Ford resulted in the discovery of 10 packages of bulk U.S. currency hidden within the Expedition. CBP officers and agents removed the 10 packages which held a combined total of $152,881 in bulk U.S. currency.

    CBP officers seized the currency the vehicle and the case had been referred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) special agents for further investigation.

    “This southbound interception of bulk currency is a direct result of the continuous enforcement operations our officers and agents perform on a daily basis. I commend our team for an outstanding seizure of this concealed undeclared currency,â€
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