Border Patrol names Chris Clem new chief for Yuma Sector
Chris Clem replaces Anthony Porvaznik, who recently retired after being in the position for five…
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Arizona migrant border deaths on track for record amid heat
For the first nine months of 2020, the Border Patrol listed 43 deaths in the Yuma and Tucson sectors that make up the Arizona border area.…
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Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seize drugs and weapon
Agents found three vacuum-sealed packages of cocaine worth nearly…
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Calexico residents protest land sale to build border wall
Several community members are claiming it will “further militarize their small…
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Border Patrol agents seize kettlebell of cocaine pills
Border agents found a kettlebell containing nearly $2K in cocaine…
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Yuma Sector agents seize nearly $200K in cocaine and fentanyl
Agents arrested a Phoenix man after attempting to smuggle packages of cocaine and…
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Border Patrol finds meth packages hidden in cooler
El Centro Sector agents seize nearly $8K worth of…
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EC Border Patrol arrest sex offender
In the fiscal year 2021, which began Oct. 1, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents have arrested 6 individuals convicted or wanted on sexual offense…
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Traffic stop leads El Centro Border Patrol to rolling stash house
The U.S. Border Patrol says a traffic stop recently led agents to a mobile stash house packed with illegal…
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CBP officers in Calexico seize $1.2 million in meth
CBP officers found packages of meth in the vehicle and spare…
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Yuma CBP sees increase in Romanian undocumented migrants
It’s an unexpected statistic – Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports more than 80 apprehensions of undocumented migrants from Romania crossing…
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Calexico Ultralight bust nets nearly $500,000 in drugs
Border Patrol agents seized cocaine and methamphetamine from an ultralight aircraft smuggling attempt in…
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Future of border wall construction uncertain
How the change in administrations could change life along the US-Mexico…
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El Centro Sector seized more than $37K in meth, fentanyl, and oxycodone
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seize nearly $38,000 in drugs in two separate events within hours…
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More than 16 migrants died trying to cross the border
More than 60 people have also been injured after attempting to cross to the U.S.…
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Agents locate and save injured man following dirt bike accident
CBP says the man apparently crashed his dirt bike and sustained life-threatening…
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Border Patrol finds 2 undocumented immigrants smuggled inside trunk
A man and woman were arrested and face human smuggling…
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El Centro Sector recover stolen vehicle at Highway 86 checkpoint
Agents say they also found marijuana in the stolen…
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Paisas gang member arrested in Calexico
Border Patrol agents say the 38-year-old man previously served nine years in prison for his…
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Border Patrol agents arrest man wanted for sex crimes
Border Patrol agents arrested an undocumented immigrant with a warrant for a sexual…
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