Pharr, TX

Columbus, OH

Detroit, MI

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Federal agents working at ports of entry in northern U.S. cities and in small towns along the U.S.-Canadian border are continuing to thwart illegal activity.
                Federal agents working in Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati and in a small border town of North Dakota continue to interdict fentanyl, weapons, fake e-cigarettes and illegal prescription drugs stemming from the border crisis.
                In Detroit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of...

Fentanyl, weapons, other drug seizures at northern border setting records

Laredo, TX

BroBible

United States Customs and Border Protection officers were back at it again, taking a big bite of crime by seizing a whopping $5.1 million worth of meth in a single bust. Officers with the CBP, Office of Field Operations at Pharr International Bridge, in Texas made the seizure after a tractor trailer hauling a shipment […]
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Feds Seize $5.1 Million Worth Of Meth Hidden In Shipment Of Cucumbers And Bell Peppers

Arizona State

Nogales, AZ

New York Post

(The Center Square) – US Customs and Border Protection agents continue to seize record amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, weapons and ammunition at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona.

Seizures in the month of May continued the trend of agents catching alleged smugglers attempting to bring drugs into the US and weapons to Mexico.

Cartel and gang operatives have a pattern of smuggling people and drugs into the US and weapons, ammunition, cash and other contraband using stolen cars, to Mexico, law enforcement officials told The Center Square.

Last month, CBP agents seized more than three million fentanyl pills in one load,...

Arizona border agents seize enough lethal drugs to kill millions of people in just a few stops

Calexico, CA

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Kristy Tallman

CALEXICO, Calif. — CBP officers at the Calexico West Port of Entry seized 99.91 pounds of methamphetamine from a trusted traveler on Tuesday. At approximately 4:33 p.m., officers encountered a 34-year-old woman driving a 2019 sedan seeking entry into the United States from Mexico through the SENTRI Trusted Traveler Program vehicle lanes. After initial inspection, CBP officers referred the driver and vehicle for further examination.

Trusted Traveler Caught Smuggling 100 Pounds of Meth at California/Mexico Border

Los Angeles County, CA

Federal authorities announced Monday that they have arrested 22 people who were part of a drug-trafficking ring for conspiring to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl. The U.S. Department of Justice said the drugs were imported into the United States from Mexico. The big picture: Court documents state...

22 arrested for trafficking nearly 13,000 pounds of meth

Texas State

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As the summer heats up, some of the Texas’ nearly 90,000 inmates living in uncooled prisons are begging for relief. Reports of dehydration, heat rash, and desperate attempts to cool down with toilet water accentuate years-long demands to air-condition the state’s prison system. “I...

Texas inmates in uncooled prisons plead for relief in another hot summer

Juarez Police Chief Cesar Omar Munoz and Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar talk about the spike in homicides in Juarez during the month of June. Perez Cuellar said criminals are fighting over migrant-trafficking and smuggling.

Fight over migrant-smuggling spiking homicides in Juarez

New Mexico State

Santa Teresa, NM

Border Report

A Border Patrol encounter with two migrants in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, has led to the rescue of 13 Central Americans who were beaten, tortured, extorted and sexually assaulted in a house in Juarez, Mexico, U.S. officials say.

Migrants were burned, beaten, raped at cartel stash house, feds say

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

California State

Homeland Preparedness News

Raids in California this week culminated in charges against 47 alleged members of a Sinaloa Cartel-linked drug trafficking network and the seizure of more than 4 kilograms of fentanyl, 324 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroine and dozens of firearms. More … Read More »
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Law enforcement seizes methamphetamine, fentanyl, and more, charges 47 in alleged drug trafficking ring

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

El Paso, TX

Mexican cartels are now offering VIP “travel agency” packages worth as much as $15,000 to help illegal immigrants sneak into the United States via a stream of underground tunnels. 

The so-called VIP smuggling has become so lucrative that the cartels are now focusing roughly 70% of their criminal activity on getting migrants across the US-Mexico border — instead of their usual drug trafficking, USA Today reported.

The La Linea cartel, for example, has allegedly been shepherding roughly 1,000 VIP migrants from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico into El Paso, Texas every month, a senior Mexican official told the outlet. 



“Criminals have shifted from...

Mexican cartels offering $15K VIP ‘travel agency’ packages to help illegal immigrants sneak into US

Mexican authorities say they have identified the remains of a young man whose disappearance was featured on last year’s Border Report special: “Death, Denial and a Region Under Siege.”

Missing man featured in Border Report special confirmed dead

Colorado State

Utah State

The United States Drug Enforcement Agency had a remarkably two-week run in June when it seized over 170,000 fentanyl pills in Utah. That number represents over 25 percent of the entire total of fentanyl seizures in Utah in 2023 per a press release. Officials now expect the DEA in Utah to break a record for […]
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DEA Seizes Whopping 170,000 Fentanyl Pills In Record-Setting Two-Week Run In Utah

Socorro, TX

Three girls killed in a Juarez, Mexico, head-on collision. A Socorro man is being held on manslaughter charges in connection with the deaths.

Three girls killed in Juarez crash

San Antonio, TX

The Mirror US

Seven smuggling suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities found more than two dozen migrants who had been driven from the border packed in a secret compartment of a trailer with little water and in sweltering heat

26 people rescued from Texas human smuggling operation with 11 needing hospital treatment

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Arizona Weatherman

According to the Arizona Weatherman, future Tropical Storm Alberto will impact Arizona with an influx of moisture after 20 June 2024. According to the National Hurricane Center, the forecasters are projecting that in the next 24 hours, Tropical Storm Alberto will likely develop in the Gulf of Mexico, moving northward and significantly impacting Northern Mexico and Texas with heavy rain in the next few days. Additionally, some of this moisture will make its way through New Mexico and Mexico to impact Arizona.

Future Tropical Storm Alberto to impact the upcoming Arizona monsoon pattern

Georgia State

Perry, GA

Vanishing Georgia

Peggy Bramblette recently reached out to let us know that the historic New Perry Hotel, perhaps the best-known symbol of this Middle Georgia town, was facing possible demolition. A week passed and I was not surprised to learn that the demolition is imminent. I’ve witnessed a long history of developers convincing local politicians to agree […]

Historic New Perry Hotel Facing Demolition

San Juan, TX

Mcallen, TX

Alamo, TX

Hidalgo, TX

Edinburg, TX

Donna, TX

Mission, TX

Weslaco, TX

La Blanca, TX

Elsa, TX

Progreso, TX

Mercedes, TX

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Not cool: Cucumber truck had $5M worth of meth

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Smugglers used a shipment of cucumbers and bell peppers to smuggle a load of meth into South Texas from Mexico....

Not cool: Cucumber truck had $5M worth of meth

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