U.S. Customs and Border Protection Media Releases Update

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Agents Apprehend Large Group in National Park
12/01/2021 05:44 PM EST

ALPINE, Texas – Border Patrol Sector Agents with the assistance of Big Bend National Park Rangers apprehended a large group of Undocumented Non-Citizens south of Alpine, Texas. Large group apprehended in Big Bend National Park. On Wednesday, Dec. 1...
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Migrant Gang Members
12/01/2021 04:52 PM EST

EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest four gang members in two days.On Nov. 28, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Brownsville Border Patrol Station agents arrested a group of 11 migrants in farmlands after they...
Suspicious Driver Who Fled from Agents Had Drugs and $10K
12/01/2021 04:42 PM EST

YUMA, Ariz. – A traffic stop initiated by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents resulted in a pursuit across Yuma County involving multiple law enforcement agencies early Saturday morning. Agents patrolling near the Andrade, California Port of Entry...
Human smuggling attempts involving vacuum tankers intercepted by Laredo Sector Border Patrol
12/01/2021 04:00 PM EST

LAREDO, Texas –Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted two human smuggling attempts involving vacuum tankers at the U.S. Highway 59 immigration checkpoint, west of Freer, Texas.The first incident happened at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 27...
Border Patrol Agents Rescue Man from Water Crossing
12/01/2021 03:50 PM EST

YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol camera operators initiated the rescue of a migrant who attempted to swim across the Yuma Salinity Canal but then struggled with the swift current and steep banks. Just before 1.a.m. Wednesday, camera operators...