USBP: Smugglers using Colorado River to bypass immigration checkpoints
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents say a recent bust shows human smugglers are using the Colorado River as a way to bypass immigration checkpoints.
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Ground and air tracking leads Border Patrol to major meth bush south of Dateland
Wellton Border Patrol agents on Tuesday kept a huge haul of drugs from hitting the streets.
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Yuma Border Patrol agents apprehend MS-13 gang member
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents say they apprehended an active MS-13 gang member early Monday morning just east of San Luis.
Continue ReadingBiden picks Texas sheriff who criticized Trump-era policies for ICE director
President Joe Biden will nominate Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a critic of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, to serve as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the White House announced Tuesday.
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Biden administration announces new operation to crack down on human smuggling
The Biden administration announced Tuesday an operation focused on disrupting transnational criminal organizations, including human smugglers who have facilitated the illegal crossings of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
Continue ReadingKamala Harris announces US will send $310 million in humanitarian aid to Central America
Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday evening that the US will send an additional $310 million to Central America “for humanitarian relief and to address food insecurity.” $255 million will go to humanitarian relief and $55 million will go toward addressing food insecurity in the region. “In light of the dire situation and acute suffering
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CBP seizes over 370K pounds of narcotics nationwide
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated their confiscated drug statistics for fiscal year 2021 (FY21).
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K9 sniffs out meth, leads to gun discovery
A Yuma Sector canine alert led to the discovery of meth and a loaded handgun early this morning at the immigration checkpoint on California Highway 78.
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Border Patrol seizes more than 66 pounds of meth in road bust
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents seized more than 66 pounds of methamphetamine from a traffic stop on Tuesday afternoon.
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Border Patrol snags more than 100 pounds of deadly narcotics
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a 37-year-old man of Mexican nationality attempting to smuggle fentanyl and methamphetamine through an immigration checkpoint Tuesday night.
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Local Democratic legislators not included in Gov. Ducey’s visit
Some local Democrats have mixed reaction to getting singled out of efforts to control the crisis along the border.
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UPDATE: Ducey declares emergency – announces plans to visit Yuma border
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey issued a Declaration of Emergency Tuesday afternoon and announced plans to send the National Guard to the state’s southern border to assist with the continued surge of undocumented migrants and unaccompanied children.
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Convicted felon prevented from re-entering U.S.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents recently stopped a gang member with multiple felony convictions from re-entering the United States.
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El Centro agents save migrant lost in the wilderness
U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector this weekend saved another undocumented migrant who’d become lost in the Jacumba Wilderness area.
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Gov. Ducey calls out Biden/Harris administration on border inadequacy
Gov. Doug Ducey released a statement Friday following Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the United States Border Patrol’s decision to not take 20 undocumented individuals into custody.
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El Centro Sector encounter large group of asylum seekers at border
El Centro Sector says in the past 24 hours, it has apprehended people from Brazil, Honduras, and Venezuela, most of them claiming to be family.
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Must See Video: Border Patrol agents find 6-year-old walking along Morelos Dam
Video surveillance captured a six-year-old boy illegally crossing the border near the Morelos Dam on Wednesday afternoon.
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USBP: Sex offender captured in Calexico
Since October 2020, agents have arrested 18 people wanted on sexual offense charges.
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Must See Video: Smuggler drops two-year-old from border wall
Border Patrol agents said a smuggler was caught on video dropping a two-year-old from the 18-foot-high border wall into the arms of the child’s father.
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USBP: Fake families seeking asylum at the border
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents find two “fake families” seeking asylum in two separate events over the weekend.
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