Border News

The aircrew landed briefly to load the patient and rescue specialist into the helicopter and transported the patient to a local hospital for treatment.

Authorities said the incident highlights the extreme dangers associated with human smuggling operations, which often place the lives of men, women, and children at serious risk in pursuit of financial gain.

CBP OFO seized the narcotics and vehicle. Homeland Security Investigation Special Agents initiated a criminal investigation.

Rio Grande levels began rising Thursday and are expected to crest at moderate flood stage Friday night.

The resolution also acknowledges the obligation that Article IV places on the federal government to protect each state against invasion.

Leveraging advanced technology and specialized training, agents detected inconsistencies in the documents and quickly determined the individual was illegally present in the United States.

Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Laredo Port of Entry recently apprehended a pedestrian wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for homicide.

The wall would have blocked parishioners from reaching La Lomita chapel. A state representative has put a stop to those plans.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Laredo Field Office ports of entry seized cocaine valued at more than $1.1 million in one day.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Pharr International Bridge seized cocaine valued at $3,723,654 in a single enforcement action.

According to CBP, agents discovered the narcotics while conducting a routine inspection at the checkpoint.

The large seizure occurred on Friday, June 19, at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo.

A Border Patrol officer referred a 2013 D-13 Volvo hauling a shipment manifested as “polypropylene” for secondary inspection.

In each enforcement action, CBP seized the narcotics and the vehicle.

The evidence demonstrated that workers at Serbia Zijin are subject to six International Labour Organization indicators of forced labor.

Border Patrol is warning people on both sides of the border about the dangers and consequences of entering the International Boundary and Water Commission canals that parallel the U.S.- Mexico border.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector arrested a Cuban man, with previous convictions for sex crimes involving children, for being illegally present in the United States.