A federal judge found a CBP officer guilty of using excessive force against two people in separate incidents while working at the bridge of the Americas on the El Paso border, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
A federal appeals court has upheld the suspension of Texas’ plan to apprehend migrants believed to have illegally crossed the border, effectively blocking the enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent immigration legislation.
Just hours after the Supreme Court allowed Texas to arrest migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally, a federal appeals court late Tuesday issued an order preventing the new law from going into effect.
Christopher Luna, the Border Patrol agent who was among three people killed in an on-duty helicopter crash over the U.S.-Mexico border last week, was laid to rest Thursday afternoon.
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.
A Border Patrol agent was among three people killed in a helicopter crash flying over the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday.
Aaron G. Tapp has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio Field Office.
An FBI agent was indicted for allegedly stealing money and personal property while executing search warrants.
