Border Patrol Agents Shot at for Second Time in 4 Days Along Mexican Border
The FBI is investigating after Border Patrol agents appear to have come under fire early Monday for the second time in four days along the Juárez-El Paso border.
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CBP Seizes $4.3M Worth of Meth from Shipment of Cucumber Pickles
CBP officers found $4.3 million worth of methamphetamine in a shipment of cucumber pickles being hauled into Texas from Mexico.
HSI Returns Nearly 300 Pre-Columbia Artifacts to Mexican Officials
Homeland Security Investigations returned nearly 300 pre-Columbia artifacts to Mexican officials this week during a repatriation ceremony at the Mexican Consulate in Nogales.
Wife of ‘El Chapo’ Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges, Helping Husband Escape from Prison
The wife of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested Tuesday on charges of helping her husband run his cartel and aiding his 2015 escape from a Mexican prison.
Barr Struck Deal with Mexico to Release Ex-Defense Minister for Senior Cartel Leader
Mexican authorities agreed to arrest a senior cartel leader in exchange for Attorney General William Barr dismissing drug trafficking charges against former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda.
Mexico Threatens to Remove DEA from Country After Arrest of Ex-Mexican Defense Minister
Mexican officials are so incensed with the arrest of a former Mexican defense minister on drug trafficking charges that they’ve threatened to remove the DEA from the country.
Border Patrol Makes Second-Largest Meth Bust Along Southwest Border
By Steve Neavling CBP officers made the second-largest methamphetamine bust ever along the Southwest border, seizing more than 3,100 pounds of the drug, along with 64 pounds heroin, 29 pounds of fentanyl powder and 37 pounds of pills. The drugs were found in a tractor-trailer on Oct. 9 at the Otay Mesa Port Entry in…
Feds Find ‘Most Sophisticated Tunnel in U.S. History’ at Border with Mexico
The discovery shocked federal agents: An unfinished tunnel that ran from San Louis, Ariz., to a Mexican neighborhood featured a ventilation system, electrical wiring, water lines, a rail system and extensive reinforcement.