Photo byU.S. Customs & Border Protection

U.S. Federal Agents continue to report large busts of Mexican Cartel smugglers along the U.S. Southern Border. Among the latest are some significant seizures in Texas, Arizona and California:

$701K in methamphetamine and heroin hidden within a vehicle seized at Eagle Pass, Texas Port of Entry (Sept. 1, 2024).Photo byU.S. Customs & Border Protection

On September First, U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Officers on the Camino Real International Bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas discovered more than $700,000 worth of drugs being smuggled across the border from Piedras Negras, Mexico.

CBP officers found 31 packages containing more than 69 pounds of methamphetamine and one package containing almost three pounds of heroin in a van being driven across the bridge. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is following up on the seizure.

San Clemente, California Station Border Patrol Agents seized 66lbs of meth concealed inside a vehicle (Sept, 3, 2024)Photo byU.S. Border Patrol

On September Third, Border Patrol Agents assigned to the San Diego Sector's San Clemente Station seized 66 pounds of methamphetamine being smuggled inside a vehicle from Tijuana. So far this fiscal year the San Diego Border Patrol Sector has seized nearly TWO TONS of the drug.

This load of drugs hidden in a tailgate is among several seized last week by CBP Agents in San Luis, Arizona.Photo byU.S. Customs & Border Protection

These seizures follow other large drug busts along the U.S.-Mexico border made in August including over 285 pounds of hard narcotics being smuggled into the San Luis, Arizona Port of Entry from San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico last week. In all, CBP agents seized 181 pounds of methamphetamine,99 pounds of fentanyl, and 5 pounds of black-tar heroin in a series of busts there.

CBP Agents at the Port of San Luis, Arizona also discovered 1,000 rounds of ammo being smuggled into Mexico to arm one of the cartels there.Photo byU.S. Customs & Border Protection

To round out their week, CBP Agents in San Luis, Arizona also stopped 1,000 rounds of ammunition being smuggled from the U.S. into Mexico that was intended to arm one of the cartels there.

These latest seizures follow a string of significant busts we reported on in August (which you can read more about HERE).

Those busts include:

• A $48 million dollar meth seizure on the Pharr International Bridge.
• A $1.8 million dollar meth seizure on the Progreso International Bridge
• $1.5 million dollars worth of cocaine seized in Texas & California in 1 week.
• 92,000 rounds of ammunition bound for a Mexican Cartel seized in El Paso

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