U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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Recent News About U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo recently intercepted ecstasy pills, ecstasy gummies, and marijuana bricks in two commercial shipments at the Peace Bridge border crossing. The shipments were labeled as “scented candles” and “candle-kids toy,” but anomalies prompted further inspection by CBP officers.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 64 Haitian nationals who were left by smugglers on Mona Island, Puerto Rico, according to a report from the Ramey Sector of the Border Patrol. This incident follows previous occurrences where migrants were abandoned in similar circumstances.
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Chris T. Clem, Former Chief Border Patrol Agent of the Yuma Sector, said border policies that do not detain or remove migrants, offer cartels easier ways to smuggle drugs and people, making profits along the way. Clem testified at a House Oversight Committee hearing titled, "The Border Crisis: the Cost of Chaos" on September 21st.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations (AMO) intercepted a vessel attempting to smuggle 1,321 pounds of cocaine into Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The estimated value of the seized narcotics is $11.9 million.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Houston have announced the seizure of over 12 kilograms of cocaine at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The drugs were discovered hidden within a motorized wheelchair during an inspection conducted in late September.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Area Port of San Luis have seized over 175 pounds of narcotics during a smuggling attempt. The incident occurred on Saturday, September 28, at around 10:30 p.m., involving an 18-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a Chevrolet SUV from Mexico to the San Luis I Port of Entry.
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According to the Council on Foreign Relations, Mexican drug cartels are the primary suppliers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl to the United States. The DEA's 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment named fentanyl the deadliest drug in U.S. history.
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Ruben Oseguera-Gonzalez, known as El Menchito, was convicted of conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and other charges, according to a Sept. 24 news release from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry arrested two men over the weekend on outstanding felony warrants for sex-related offenses involving a child.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Norfolk, Va., have continued to seize food trailers and golf carts imported from China that do not meet federal motor vehicle safety standards. Between July 18 and September 18, CBP officers seized five golf carts, four food trailers, and one scooter with a combined value of approximately $50,000.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Philadelphia seized three parcels of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer increasingly mixed with fentanyl and other dangerous drugs. Xylazine does not respond to Narcan.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry seized over $210,000 in mixed narcotics during a recent enforcement action. The operation took place on September 28th at the Eagle Pass International Bridge.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents have apprehended 14 Haitian nationals who were abandoned by smugglers on Monito Island, an uninhabited natural reserve in Puerto Rico. This incident follows the rescue of 31 Haitians from the same location two weeks prior.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Pharr International Bridge seized over $17.4 million worth of methamphetamine this past weekend in a significant enforcement action.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Pharr International Bridge have seized more than $624,000 in cocaine in a single enforcement action this week.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo, in collaboration with U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Buffalo Station, have apprehended two Italian citizens who attempted to enter the United States unlawfully.
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Gregory Bovino, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Agent, said that a child was rescued from a trafficker who had given the boy sleeping pills to keep him from interacting with Border Patrol agents. He made this statement in a post on X on September 20.
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International travelers planning to apply for one of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) are reminded that application fees will increase to $120 on Oct. 1.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry apprehended a man wanted on an outstanding felony state warrant for indecent exposure to a minor.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents and law enforcement partners arrested an individual wanted for murder as part of a group of 77 smuggled migrants discovered in two stash houses in El Paso on Tuesday.