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Patrol
New Trend in Drug Smuggling: Juvenile 'Mules' Who are U.S. Citizens
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested the teenagers, all U.S. citizens, on Thursday and Friday at the San Ysidro and Calexico ports of entry. Agents seized roughly 17 pounds of marijuana and just over a pound of brown heroin, worth an estimated $38,000, officials said.
July 20, 2009
Special Units
Mexican Drug Cartels Smuggling Oil into U.S.
U.S. refineries bought millions of dollars worth of oil stolen from Mexican government pipelines and smuggled across the border, the U.S. Justice Department told The Associated Press – illegal operations now led by Mexican drug cartels expanding their reach.
August 10, 2009
Patrol
Ohio Drug Smuggling Task Force Announces Major Fentanyl Seizure
Officials said that the volume of drugs had “the capability of killing more than four million people.”
June 14, 2018
Patrol
Nogales PD's Pursuit Led to Smuggling Tunnel and Drug Load
A Nogales (Ariz.) Police officer initiated the foot pursuit that eventually led to the discovery of one of two smuggling tunnels, an arrest and seizure of more than 800 pounds of marijuana worth more than $400,000.
October 3, 2010
Patrol
Former L.A. County Deputy Charged with Attempted Drug Smuggling
A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was charged Wednesday with attempting to smuggle narcotics into a county jail facility in Castaic where he worked as a jailer, authorities said.
May 6, 2009
Special Units
FBI Warns of Looming Mexican Drug Cartel Violence in South Texas
Frustrated by a crackdown on South Texas drug smuggling routes, the Mexican Gulf Cartel is stockpiling high-powered weapons and recruiting local gang members on both sides of the border to prepare for possible confrontations with U.S. law enforcement, according to an FBI intelligence report.
October 29, 2008
Patrol
Arizona DPS Officers Ambushed by Smugglers, No Casualties
Shots were fired at DPS officers as they were working with the U.S. Border Patrol on a human- and drug-smuggling operation in Vekol Valley early Friday morning.
September 15, 2011
Patrol
Obama Sends National Guard To Arizona Border
The troops won't make arrests or otherwise intervene directly, but will help with support and surveillance targeted both at illegal border crossing and drug smuggling.
May 25, 2010
Patrol
Arizona Lawmakers Seek Funds for Private Border Fence
Arizona lawmakers are passing the collection plate to citizens to raise funds to construct a private border fence along the Mexico border to halt drug-cartel activity, smuggling, and illegal immigration.
November 27, 2011
Special Units
Smugglers Use Drone to Fly Meth Over Mexican Border Into San Diego
Ten minutes later, federal authorities had busted what they say is their first confirmed case of drug smuggling by drone in San Diego County.
August 21, 2017
Special Units
FBI SWAT Action Near San Diego May Have Foiled L.A. Kidnapping
According to the complaint, the case began when the FBI's Major Mexican Traffickers Strike Force began to focus last year on a drug-smuggling ring allegedly headed by Armando Gonzalez. Over time, however, the focus shifted from drug smuggling to kidnapping as the strike force learned that Gonzalez's group was stalking people who purportedly had stolen a 2,500-pound load of marijuana from them.
April 16, 2009
Special Units
FBI Takes Down Dozens of Mafia Wiseguys
The Mob got hit today as FBI and Italian law enforcement agents made dozens of arrests following an investigation into a trans-Atlantic drug smuggling operation.
February 6, 2008
Special Units
Mexico to Start Screening Vehicles at Border
Unsupervised entry of cars and trucks from San Diego into Tijuana will soon be a thing of the past, Mexico's customs agency says. By midsummer, the Puerta Mexico checkpoint, through which drivers on Interstate 5 travel into Mexico, will be equipped with technology intended to help combat the southbound smuggling of guns, cash and other contraband by drug-trafficking organizations.
April 29, 2009
Patrol
POLICE Magazine Investigates Arizona Border War
We've set up numerous interviews with several southern Arizona law enforcement agencies—chiefs, detectives, patrol officers, a sheriff, SWAT deputies and border agents—to continue telling the story of American law enforcement's battle against the criminal elements who help fuel the flow of drug and human smuggling from Mexico.
July 18, 2010
Special Units
Cartels Exploit Children, Say Gang Experts
Mexican drug cartels are using children as young as 11 in their smuggling operations in Texas, Reuters is reporting. Six of the cartels, including the violent Zetas, are paying children $50 to move a vehicle from one area to another area, as well as using them as lookouts or for other tasks.
October 17, 2011
Patrol
Feds Search Dark Web for Fentanyl Sellers
The arrest of an Ohio couple on drug smuggling charges last week illustrated the investigative methods federal agents are using to track down and build cases against people who sell deadly drugs like fentanyl on the dark web.
June 14, 2017
Special Units
The War Correspondent: Sylvia Longmire
Author Sylvia Longmire has been studying Mexico's drug and human smuggling operations for much of her life.
November 8, 2011
Special Units
Colombian Drug Kingpin Convicted
Fabio Ochoa, a leader of a 1980s Colombian cocaine cartel, faces a possible life prison sentence after being convicted on federal drug conspiracy charges.
May 28, 2003
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