A CBP officer was indicted Tuesday on numerous charges after prosecutors say he accepted bribes to allow vehicles carrying drugs to pass through the border into the U.S.
A former CBP officer was convicted of trafficking drugs following a jury trial, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
The Biden administration selected Jason Owens, a 27-year veteran of the Border Patrol, to serve as the agency’s next chief.
Jesus L. “Louie” Chavez has been sworn in as CBP’s Columbus port director.
Republicans have long blamed Democrats for the border crisis, but the White House warned that GOP lawmakers would hurt border security and prompt thousands of job cuts at CBP over their debt ceiling bill.
CBP officers seized a large amount of methamphetamine disguised as candy and hidden in canned food near the border with Mexico.
CBP officers intercepted more than 3.5 million fentanyl pills that were hidden inside a shipment of green beans at the Ota Mesa port of entry in California, the agency announced Tuesday.
Scott D. Garrett has been named chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol’s Grand Forks Sector.
