CBP — SAN DIEGO — An alleged human smuggling attempt at the San Ysidro port of entry Tuesday ended with the death of two men. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss of life,” said U.S. Customs and Border Protection San Diego Director of Field Operations Pete Flores. “There is no safe way to […]
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize 1,700 Pounds of Marijuana in a Week
August 14, 2014 By Leave a Comment
CBP — DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,700 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value over $1.3 million within a week. On Aug. 7, at approximately 4:30 pm, agents from the Comstock Station were attempting to backtrack a group of suspected undocumented aliens […]
DHS agent: Murder ‘is coming to a town near you’
August 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Friday, 36-year-old U.S. Border Patrol agent Javier Vega was murdered in cold blood in front of his wife, his parents, two of his sons, and another child in the Rio Grande Valley. He was off-duty, and had been enjoying a family fishing trip when they were ambushed and robbed; his father was also shot in the […]
‘Citizens are Under Siege’: Perry Sends National Guard to Border
July 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
FOXNEWS — Gov. Rick Perry said Monday he is deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops over the next month to the Texas-Mexico border to combat criminals that Republican state leaders say are exploiting a surge of children and families entering the U.S. illegally. Perry, a vocal critic of the White House’s response to the […]
Cartels suspected as high-caliber gunfire sends Border Patrol scrambling on Rio Grande
July 20, 2014 By 1 Comment
FOXNEWS — “We don’t have any armor that can stop a .50-caliber round, so our Border Patrol agents had to take cover when the rounds were richocheting around them,” said Gohmert, who has been in the area for the last week to get a first-hand look at the border situation. “When the shooting stopped, about […]
Former Border Patrol Deputy Chief: ‘All of the Good That Was Done after 9/11 Up to Now Has Been Reversed Singlehandedly’
July 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
NATIONALREVIEW — Former national deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Ronald Colburn tells National Review Online that the Obama administration has undone all of the progress made at America’s southern border since 9/11. “We’re back to a pre-9/11 situation basically, and this administration did that in the past five years,” he says. “All of […]
