U.S. Customs and Border Protection report three more arrests of large amounts of cocaine seized at the South Texas border with Mexico. This follows a recent trend whereby Mexican drug cartel
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data indicated lower traffic down at the southern border. However, the drop in encounters could mean migrants are potentially taking more dangerous routes into the U.
A rare pest never before recorded in the United States has been discovered near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday.
A U.S. resident who says she traveled to Mexico to see a doctor for weight-loss treatment has been arrested on federal drug charges at a Laredo, Texas, port of entry.
A man is facing charges of assault on a federal officer in connection with a Feb. 23 confrontation with three U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville,
CBP Officer Manuel Perez Jr., a 32-year-old US citizen originally from California, is allegedly a member of the La Linea, more commonly known as the Juárez drug cartel, investigators said.
The other side of the border has been beefed up too. The US Department of Defence has ordered 1,500 additional active-duty troops there to tackle the national emergency declared by Mr Trump. Airborne surveillance has been ramped up to monitor Mexican gangs.
Southern border agents say illegal border crossings have been on the decline since last fiscal year, but deportation flights are on the rise.
The U.S. Border Patrol arrested 29,000 migrants illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in January, the agency said on Tuesday, signaling that a drop in crossings over the past year could continue under President Donald Trump.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta port of entry seized 64 pounds of methamphetamine on February 14, CBP officials said.
A Department of Homeland Security helicopter patrolling the border in Texas was struck three times by a laser fired from a vehicle on the Mexican side of the border.