News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a woman wanted for multiple counts of smuggling of persons at the Hidalgo International Bridge.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested two convicted sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has lifted the suspension on the replacement of deteriorated border barrier at the Friendship Circle Project, which includes replacing dilapidated primary and secondary border barrier along the border in San Diego, Calif. CBP paused work on the project in August to conduct additional stakeholder outreach and to further engage with the community on the barrier requiring repair in this area, which is located near Friendship Park.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents responded to rising flood waters in San Ysidro and helped rescue horses.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Camino Real International Bridge arrested a woman in connection with an alleged attempt to smuggle a minor through the Camino Real International Bridge.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents working together with Webb County Constable Officers from Precinct 1 disrupted a human smuggling operation at a stash house in Laredo, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
News Release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Jean Pierre Njock, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that HAMILTON CLARK SMITH, 57, of Milford, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with threatening a federal law enforcement officer.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents recovered two firearms during two separate incidents this week.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
As the international bridges at Laredo Port of Entry teemed with returning paisano traffic this weekend, and in order to prevent the inadvertent proliferation of pests and diseases, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) agriculture specialists, flanked by Texas Game Wardens, stepped up examinations and intercepted significant quantities of prohibited plant, animal material and issued penalties.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents prevented several human smuggling attempts at Laredo Sector.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers and agriculture specialists at the Camino Real International Bridge made an unusual discovery this week when they encountered an undeclared parrot concealed inside a small box.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection today announced the opening of a new soft-sided facility in El Paso, Texas.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry thwarted a significant smuggling attempt after discovering two live toucans wrapped in stockings hidden inside a traveler’s purse.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
As U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Laredo Field Office ports of entry processed heavy traffic over the New Year’s/Three Kings holiday period they encountered four fugitives wanted on outstanding felony warrants for sex-related offenses.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
“CONSCIENCE AGENDA“ was published in the House section on pages H225-H229 on Jan. 12
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
In the first quarter of 2023, CBP officers working at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport seized 106 firearm suppressors for violations of the Gun Control Act and the National Firearms Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2023
Release: By Cindy Long, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged cocaine valued at approximately $154,833 hidden within a 2015 Ford.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol stopped a human smuggling attempt at the I-35 checkpoint north of Laredo, Texas.
By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville are seeing nightly counterfeit jewelry shipments arriving from locations known to produce fakes. On January 2, Louisville CBP seized a shipment of jewelry deemed to be counterfeit by CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise, the agency’s trade experts.
