by Tyler | Aug 3, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Crime, Trending
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents found 34 migrants packed into the vehicles of two alleged human smugglers during separate traffic stops near the border. Despite the threat of the coronavirus, the migrants appear to be stacked like cordwood in the two...
by Tyler | Jul 31, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Trending
As Hurricane Hanna arrived in south Texas, Border Patrol agents were still getting alerted to drug and human smuggling attempts.
by Tyler | Jul 30, 2020 | Air and Marine Operations, AMO, Border / Cartel Chronicles, CBP, Crime, Drug Smuggling, Human Smuggling, immigration, methamphetamine, Migrant Rescues, Panga Boat, Trending, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew teamed up with a Coast Guard vessel to rescue 14 people from a capsized human smuggling boat. During the interdiction, officials found three packages containing 82 pounds of methamphetamine in the...
by Tyler | Jul 28, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, CBP, Crime, Drug Smuggling, Fentanyl, Interstate 8 Checkpoint, methamphetamine, Otay Mesa, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents seized more than 420 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl in three separate incidents in Southern California.
by Tyler | Jul 7, 2020 | Air and Marine Operation, AMO, Border / Cartel Chronicles, Crime, Human Smuggling, immigration, Panga Boat, San Diego Sector, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO) interceptor boat crew shot out the engine of a human smuggler’s boat off the coast of California on Friday. A second smuggler’s boat managed to make it to shore and off-loaded its...
by Tyler | Jul 6, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Del Noreste, Cartel Violence, CDN, Crime, Mexican Military, Nuevo Laredo, Trending
Mexican military forces killed a total of 16 gunmen from a faction of Los Zetas in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The gunmen wore cloned military uniforms and were part of a paramilitary cartel force known as Hell’s Troop or Tropa Del...