C.B.P. News Release

Mules Drop Million Dollar Load of Marijuana near Rio Grande River

(Thursday, July 02, 2009)

Rio Grande City, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City station seized more than $1 million in marijuana yesterday near Los Barreras, Texas.

Border Patrol agents on patrol near Los Barreras spotted several subjects carrying bundles walking north from the Rio Grande River. As the agents approached the smugglers, also known as “mules,â€