The seizure occurred on Wednesday, March 25, when CBP officers assigned to the cargo facility encountered a commercial shipment of fresh tomatoes arriving from Mexico. Keep Reading
Agents on the San Diego Tunnel Task Force developed information about a transnational criminal organization suspected of smuggling narcotics into the U.S. via a cross-border tunnel. Keep Reading
“Over the last decade, corrupt Venezuelan government officials have systematically looted Venezuela of billions of dollars,” said U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan. Keep Reading
The crew patrolled international waters off the coast of Mexico to disrupt the flow of illicit narcotics and migrant smuggling in the region. Keep Reading
CBP Narcotic Detector Dog Kajo was working incoming freights from Mexico when he alerted to a shipment manifested as “decorative paintings.” Keep Reading
The dialogue focused on increasing coca eradication and cocaine interdiction, improving security and economic opportunities in the rural areas most afflicted by narcotics trafficking, and targeting narcotics-related money laundering and illicit finances. Keep Reading
The crew patrolled known drug-transit zones of the Eastern Pacific between late December and mid-January, interdicting three suspected drug-smuggling vessels yielding a total of 6,680 pounds of pure cocaine. Keep Reading
The Justice Department’s Attaché Office in Mexico City organized the briefings and meetings. The U.S. delegation participated in a meeting with various officials from Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office. Keep Reading
Acting secretary said DHS is working with the city of Laredo, which sits on the Mexican border, "on perhaps some alternative designs that meets their needs as well as ours." Keep Reading
The crew of the Bear conducted counter-narcotics and migrant interdiction operations as a part of Operation Unified Resolve, as well as took part in a search and rescue case. Keep Reading