Two high-ranking Border Patrol officials are under investigation for reportedly partying in Mexico with a wealthy tequila mogul who sought to create a CBP-themed drink for the agency’s 100th anniversary.
A Border Patrol agent was shot at by a person in Mexico on Thursday during a “use of force” incident in Texas.
Migrant apprehensions along the southern border dropped in March, which American officials attribute to an immigration crackdown by the Mexican government.
A former CBP officer pleaded guilty to letting undocumented people into the U.S. and accepting bribes in exchange for allowing what he believed was several kilograms of cocaine to be smuggled into the country.
After migrant crossings hit record numbers last year, federal authorities say encounters significantly dropped in January.
A longtime Mexican drug trafficker accused of helping transport tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the U.S. over the span of four decades was sentenced Friday to 21 years and 10 months in prison.
Mexican authorities have arrested the alleged security chief of the Sinaloa cartel who is accused of ruthlessly protecting the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
A former investigator for the ATF at the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana is accused of smuggling guns into Mexico while working for the agency in 2017, Reuters reports.
