Border Patrol agents chased a group of suspected illegal immigrants into a parking lot at the Golden Acorn Casino, and watched as the group got into a cargo trailer via a trap door under the truck
The Border Patrol says they found 25 illegal immigrants hiding inside a pair of semi trucks.
About 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night, Border Patrol agents chased a group of suspected illegal immigrants into a parking lot at the Golden Acorn Casino. Officials said the group got into a cargo trailer via a trap door under the truck. Eventually, 17 people were found inside the trailer, officials said.
While conducting surveillance of the parking lot, agents said, eight other illegal immigrants got into the cab a second truck.
Both vehicles were stopped just before midnight as they left the parking lot. Two male U.S. citizens driving the trucks were arrested. The are expected to face human smuggling charges.
A Wal-Mart truck driver will face federal charges for allegedly trying to sneak illegal immigrants into the country in a company tractor-trailer.
A Wal-Mart truck driver will face federal charges for allegedly trying to sneak illegal immigrants into the country in a company tractor-trailer.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Alejandro Hernandez, 50, after finding four Mexican nationals locked in the back of his 18-wheeler, according to court filings obtained Monday.
Investigators believe Hernandez made at least five similar smuggling trips through the Falfurrias checkpoint in the last year and was working with another known coyote.
“At Wal-Mart we expect our associates to conduct themselves in a lawful and ethical manner,” company spokesman Don Fogleman said. “This situation is of deep concern.”
ICE agents began following Hernandez on Thursday after receiving a tip about his purported illegal activity, according to the criminal complaint filed in his case.
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Mexico’s government plans to search 10 percent of all vehicles entering the country from the United States in an effort to curb arms smuggling, the attorney general said Tuesday.
Most illegal weapons in Mexico come from the United States, according to officials in both countries.
Many end up in the hands of powerful drug cartels who supply most of the cocaine entering the United States from South America.
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Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana over the weekend in four separate busts, according to Laredo Sector Border Patrol
The most recent seizure occurred Monday at Texas 16 traffic checkpoint.
Hebbronville agents observed a white pickup truck heading northbound make an abrupt U-turn prior to reaching the checkpoint.
Agents observed the driver of the vehicle pull onto the south side of the road and exit the vehicle.
The driver quickly jumped over a barbed wire fence and fled into the brush.
Agents saw several bundles of marijuana wrapped in cellophane in plain view inside the passenger seat and in the bed of the pickup truck.
One hundred individually wrapped bundles of marijuana, weighing 620.7 pounds and valued at $496,560, were recovered from the truck.
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Tunnel discovered within 100 yards of the US Border in Mexicali BC by Mexican Federal Police
Tunnel Found In Mexicali Two Blocks South Of The Border
Police arrested eight men Monday afternoon, who are believed to be involved with digging a tunnel that was headed towards Calexico, Ca. The men were found on a corner house located on 134 Callejon Madero, just 2 blocks south of the border. Currently, they are being detained at the local police department in Mexicali, Mexico. At about 2 p.m. police says a concerned citizen called police and said there was suspicious active in the home. Minutes later police moved in to find 8 men digging a tunnel which was headed north to the United States.
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Bundles of marijuana were discovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents Wednesday afternoon near Escobares.
Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol seized more than two and a half tons of marijuana Wednesday. The drugs have a street value of more than $4 million.
Agents at the Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station responded to suspicious activity Wednesday afternoon near Escobares in western Starr County.
When agents came upon what appeared to be a narcotics packaging operation inside a corrugated metal building, two men attempted to flee the area, but were caught.
Agents discovered several large bundles and an overwhelming marijuana odor that saturated the surrounding area. Further investigation revealed hundreds more bundles and packaging materials — grease buckets, saran wrap, lime sacks, gloves, and masks — commonly used to package marijuana.
Once weighed, the 412 bundles had a total weight of 5,680 pounds — with an estimated street value of $4.54 million.
The two men arrested near the operation were far enough away when they were caught by agents that they could not be connected to the drugs, said Dan Doty, spokesman for the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector.
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Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents made several drug seizures in the past few days, netting an estimated $5.6 million worth of illegal drugs.The latest case occurred Monday morning when agents working at the Interstate 35 checkpoint inspected the driver of a 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo after a service canine alerted toward the car.
Agents found 24 cellophane-wrapped bundles hidden behind the interior side panels near the back seat.
Twenty-three of the bundles contained methamphetamines weighing 52.4 pounds with an estimated value of $1.6 million.
The last bundle contained 2.4 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $76,800.
The drugs, the driver and the vehicle were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Agents working at the I-35 checkpoint made another seizure Sunday.
In that case, agents were conducting an immigration inspection on the driver of 1995 GMC Suburban when a Border Patrol canine alerted toward the rear of the vehicle.
The vehicle was referred for secondary inspection. Agents found 30 cellophane-wrapped bundles inside the gas tank containing about 75 pounds of cocaine with an estimated value of $2.4 million.
The drugs, the driver and the vehicle were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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McALLEN, Texas – A U.S. Border Patrol agent was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for allegedly helping two Mexican men smuggle 11 bricks of cocaine into the United States.
Reynaldo Zuniga, a 34-year-old Border Patrol agent from Harlingen, was paid to pick up one of the men along the Rio Grande and then drive him to a fast food restaurant in Hidalgo, where the other man would pick him up, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday.
Zuniga, Luis Alfredo Cruz, 29, and Jose Luis Arteaga, 24, were arrested early Saturday morning, said Border Patrol spokesman Ricardo Rosas.
All three men remained in federal custody. At their first court appearance Monday, Cruz and Arteaga – both of whom are both from Reynosa, Mexico – requested that lawyers be appointed to represent them. Zuniga was making arrangements to obtain counsel.
A message seeking comment left at Zuniga’s home was not returned.
Officials could not immediately say how long Zuniga had worked for the agency.
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