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Texas border patrol stops 90+ people smuggling eggs from Mexico as prices soar
Border patrol agents officers make major drug seizures at Texas, Calif. borders with Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection made major confiscations of narcotics and cocaine in vehicles at the border with Mexico last week, including $1 million worth of in cocaine each in California and Texas.
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Eggmergency at the border: CBP cracks down on egg smuggling from Mexico
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reporting a 29% increase in egg smuggling attempts from Mexico as egg prices skyrocket in the U.S.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is cracking down on border egg smuggling.
As egg prices in the U.S. are hitting record highs, the price of eggs in Mexico are well below half of U.S. prices. One Instagram user in Mexico City posted a video showing off a dozen eggs costing 41 pesos which is about the equivalent of two U.
Large loads of cocaine seized at South Texas border crossings, CBP says
U.S. Customs and Border Protection report three more arrests of large amounts of cocaine seized at the South Texas border with Mexico. This follows a recent trend whereby Mexican drug cartel
Traffic down at U.S.-Mexico border a month after Trump takes office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection data indicated lower traffic down at the southern border. However, the drop in encounters could mean migrants are potentially taking more dangerous routes into the U.
Rare insect almost entered the U.S. for the first time ever
A rare pest never before recorded in the United States has been discovered near the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday.
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Man allegedly kicks CBP supervisor three times in face at port of entry
A man is facing charges of assault on a federal officer in connection with a Feb. 23 confrontation with three U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville,
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Woman’s trip to weight-loss clinic in Mexico ends in drug arrest
A U.S. resident who says she traveled to Mexico to see a doctor for weight-loss treatment has been arrested on federal drug charges at a Laredo, Texas, port of entry.
Texas CBP officer arrested for human smuggling was allegedly moonlighting as member of Mexican drug cartel
CBP Officer Manuel Perez Jr., a 32-year-old US citizen originally from California, is allegedly a member of the La Linea, more commonly known as the Juárez drug cartel, investigators said.
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Mexico deploys 10,000 troops to the US border
The other side of the border has been beefed up too. The US Department of Defence has ordered 1,500 additional active-duty troops there to tackle the national emergency declared by Mr Trump. Airborne surveillance has been ramped up to monitor Mexican gangs.
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'Significant decline': US-Mexico border agents give ABC13 a 5 hour ride-along on the frontlines
Southern border agents say illegal border crossings have been on the decline since last fiscal year, but deportation flights are on the rise.
CBP seize several narcotics, raw eggs at ports of entry this week
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta port of entry seized 64 pounds of methamphetamine on February 14, CBP officials said.
Apprehensions at the border were down in January, CBP data confirms
The numbers had already fallen from December to January, and ABC News confirmed they fell even more after President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.