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March 11, 2019 | Local Media Release
Convicted Rapist Attempts to Enter United States with 17 Year-Old-Daughter

March 11, 2019 | Local Media Release
Homeland Security officials launch new Detroit task force to protect national security

March 11, 2019 | Local Media Release
Yuma Border Patrol Assists Local Man in Medical Distress


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San Luis CBP Officers Catch Body Carrier
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media Release
TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of San Luis arrested a female U.S. citizen during a failed narcotics smuggling attempt Sunday. A CBP canine alerted officers to abody carrier of cocaineOffice of Field...
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Border Patrol Continues to Arrest Criminals in the Rio Grande Valley
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley arrested two sex offenders in the last four days. On Friday, McAllen agents working near Hidalgo, Texas, arrested a Mexican national whose record checks revealed a prior arrest by...
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Smugglers test lack of infrastructure in the Rio Grande Valley
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted multiple smuggling attempts that resulted in the seizure of more than 1000 pounds of narcotics. Saturday, Rio Grande City agents working near La Rosita, Texas, observed several subjects with...
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Yuma Border Patrol Assists Local Man in Medical Distress
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseYUMA, Ariz. – Wellton Station agents assisted a motorist who was having a medical emergency as he arrived at the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint Friday afternoon. Last Friday at approximately 1:15 p.m., a 52-year-old Yuma resident arrived at the...
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Homeland Security officials launch new Detroit task force to protect national security
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseDETROIT— ​In an effort to mitigate vulnerabilities within the commerce stream that threaten the nation’s consumers and to protect national security, Homeland Security officials recently launched its Global Trade Task Force (GTTF), a U.S. Immigration...
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Convicted Rapist Attempts to Enter United States with 17 Year-Old-Daughter
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, Texas – This past Thursday, U.S. Border Patrol Agents working in downtown El Paso arrested a father and daughter illegally entering the U.S. from Mexico. Record checks later showed that the father was a convicted rapist. The morning of...
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Border Patrol Agent Helps Deliver Baby on Interstate 10
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseLAS CRUCES, N.M. – U.S. Border Patrol Agent responded to a medical emergency on Interstate 10, between Deming and Las Cruces, and ended up assisting a pregnant women deliver her baby girl. Just before noon on Sunday, March 10, the Las Cruces...
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CBP, HSI, DEA, USCG, NYSP & NYPD Approximately 3,200 Pounds of Cocaine Seized
Monday, March 11, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseNEWARK, NJ – On February 28, approximately 3,200 lbs. of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $77,000,000, was seized at the Port of New York/Newark in a joint operation involving U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U. S. Coast...
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Border Patrol Disrupts Alien Smuggling Event in Upstate New York
Saturday, March 9, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseHogansburg, N.Y. – On Thursday, March 7, U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted an alien smuggling event in Hogansburg, NY. On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Massena Border Patrol Station observed a suspicious vehicle in...
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Human Smuggling Attempt in Semi-Tractor Trailer Thwarted at BP Checkpoint
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Nogales Border Patrol agents arrested an Arizona man driving a semi-tractor and trailer after he attempted to smuggle three illegal aliens through the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint Thursday night. Agents referred the 45-year...
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Operation Stonegarden Partnership Leads to Arrest of Dangerous Fugitive
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assisted Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Deputies in arresting a dangerous fugitive that fled into a remote desert area west of Gold Canyon, Tuesday afternoon. Agents patrolling aboard a Pinal...
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Port of San Luis CBP Officers Seize Meth worth $190K
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Buckeye resident attempting to smuggle nearly 64 pounds of methamphetamine through the Port of San Luis Wednesday night. Officers referred the 29-year-old U.S. woman for an...
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CBP Officers Remain Vigilant and Intercept SENTRI Participants Attempting to Smuggle $109K in Cocaine at the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseLAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers continue their strong enforcement posture as they intercept travelers enrolled in the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI...
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Border Patrol Seizes More Than 60 lbs of Marijuana in New York
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseChateaugay, N.Y. – U.S. Border Patrol agents—with the assistance of New York State Police—arrested three U.S. citizens involved in transporting 60.36 pounds of marijuana near Chateaugay, NY. On Thursday, March 7, U.S. Border Patrol agents...
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Todd Bellew Appointed as CBP Area Port Director for US Virgin Islands
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseST.THOMAS, Virgin Islands – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the today the appointment of Todd Bellew as the Area Port Director; the highest-ranking officer for the San Juan Office of Field Operations within the U.S. Virgin Islands...
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Nogales CBP Officers Seize Mixed Load
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Nogales seized nearly $240,000 worth of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl Wednesday morning. CBP Officers at the Dennis DeConcini Crossing referred a 57-year-old U.S....
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Lukeville CBP Officers Seize Cocaine
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville arrested a Mexican national involved in a failed smuggling attempt Wednesday. Officers referred a 44-year-old Caborca, Sonora, Mexico man for a secondary...
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CBP to host town hall meetings to discuss adjusted hours at four Montana ports of entry
Friday, March 8, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseChange will affect Ports of Raymond, Opheim, Scobey and Morgan SWEETGRASS, Mont. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be adjusting the hours of operation at the Ports of Raymond, Opheim, Scobey, and Morgan beginning April 14, 2019. CBP...
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Border Patrol Arrests Previously Deported Aggravated Felon
Thursday, March 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTUCSON, Ariz. – Nogales Station Border Patrol agents apprehended a previously deported Mexican national with a violent criminal history which includes sexual assault, after he entered the U.S. illegally Wednesday evening in Nogales. During...
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Large Groups of Aliens Encountered in Big Bend Sector
Thursday, March 7, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseMARFA, Texas – Family unit aliens are crossing the southwest borders in record numbers. During this fiscal year 2019 through February, the United States Border Patrol (USBP) has apprehended 268,044 individuals, that is a 97% increase as compared to...
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CBP Air and Marine Operations, Vital During Medical Emergency on Water
Thursday, March 7, 2019 | Local Media Release
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CBP Preclearance Offers Tips for Spring International Travelers
Thursday, March 7, 2019 | National Media ReleaseWASHINGTON – As March signals the beginning of and Spring Break vacations to warmer destinations like the Bahamas (Nassau and Freeport), Aruba, and Bermuda, CBP Preclearance locations in these countries encourages travelers to ‘Know Before You Go. U...
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More Than 700 Taken Into Custody by El Paso Border Patrol Agents Overnight; Two Previously Removed Sex Offenders Also Nabbed During Influx
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseEL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in El Paso apprehended several large groups between last night and late afternoon Wednesday. These groups, like many others before, are comprised primarily of Central American families and...
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CBP Announces Change in I-94 Permit Application Process for Travelers at Tecate Port of Entry
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseTECATE, Calif. — CBP officials at the Tecate port of entry are advising that the I-94 travel permit application process will change in the near future. Citizens of Mexico who require I-94 travel permits will only be allowed to obtain the document...
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El Servicio de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza Organiza Ceremonia de Cambio de Mando para el Director del Puerto de Brownsville, Tater Ortiz
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | Local Media ReleaseBROWNSVILLE, Texas - La Oficina Regional de Laredo (LFO por sus siglas en inglés) de Aduanas y Protección de Fronteras (CBP por sus siglas en inglés) de EE. UU. organizó una ceremonia de cambio de mando celebrada en el Texas Southmost College...
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