Tag: U.S.-Mexico Border: Page 7

Special Units

$1M Marijuana Load Hidden Under Bell Peppers

U.S. border agents seized $1 million in marijuana in southern Arizona Tuesday that was concealed in a shipment of bell peppers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.

March 14, 2013

Special Units

Mexican Police Seize Drug Cannon at Border

Police in the border city of Mexicali say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California.

February 25, 2013

Special Units

Mexico Busts Border Sex-Slavery Cult

Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration authorities said Tuesday.

January 29, 2013

Patrol

Officers Save Baby's Life at U.S.-Mexico Border

At about 6:30 a.m., a 24-year-old woman carrying an infant walked through a vehicle lane and requested help from an officer. The one-month-old baby appeared to be choking, was pale, and wasn't breathing.

November 27, 2012

Special Units

Mexican Drug Lord's Daughter Arrested Crossing the Border

Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, a Mexican national, told customs officials at the San Ysidro border crossing on Friday that she was traveling to Los Angeles to give birth.

October 15, 2012

Patrol

Friendly Fire Killed Border Patrol Agent

The U.S. Border Patrol agent killed last week in a shooting in southern Arizona apparently opened fire on two fellow agents thinking they were armed smugglers and was killed when they returned fire.

October 6, 2012

Patrol

Border Patrol Agent Shot, Killed in Arizona

One Border Patrol agent was killed and another seriously injured in an early morning shooting Tuesday in rugged terrain near the U.S.-Mexico border. Nicholas Ivie, 30, was identified as the agent shot and killed near Naco in Cochise County.

October 1, 2012

Patrol

Vocal Ariz. Border Sheriff Dies In Truck Rollover

Cochise County (Ariz.) Sheriff Larry Dever died when his truck rolled over in northern Arizona Tuesday night. Dever was a vocal proponent of SB 1070, Arizona's tough immigration law.

September 18, 2012

Patrol

Border Patrol Agent Dies In ATV Crash

A Border Patrol agent was killed in west Texas late Friday in an ATV crash near the Fort Hancock port of entry. Leopoldo Cavazos, Jr., 29, was patrolling along the border fence about a half-mile from the entry point when the accident occurred.

July 8, 2012

Patrol

5 Charred Bodies Found In Vehicle In Ariz. Desert

A Border Patrol agent spotted a white Ford Expedition through binoculars at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the Vekol Valley about two miles north of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande.

June 3, 2012

Special Units

L.A. Training Center Offers Counter-Drug Symposium

The Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Training Area (HIDTA) training center will offer a two-day symposium for law enforcement officers covering threats such as Mexican drug cartels, street gangs, and border security.

May 24, 2012

Gangs

Gangs and Terrorism

We often focus on one puzzle piece rather than the whole puzzle. If we would slow down and step back, we might see the whole of our enemy's tactics and battle plan. This wider perception of problems enables criminal investigators to recognize trends, alliances, tactics, conspiracies and connections in the underworld. This is what is needed in the battle against gangs, cartels, and terrorists.

May 23, 2012