National News

Jan 6, 2006

NUMEROUS OTHER VIOLATIONS ALSO UNCOVERED DURING POST HOLIDAY RUSH EL PASO, TEXAS -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at El Paso area border ports of entry discovered 33 attempts to smuggle prohibited food and agricultural products during…

Dec 28, 2005

HIDALGO, TEXAS -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers working at the Hidalgo port of entry arrested one woman on alien smuggling charges Thursday, December 29. They also intercepted two cocaine loads, two marijuana loads, heroin and methamphetamine in…

Dec 23, 2005

NOGALES, AZ - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility in Nogales found more than cucumbers on the afternoon of December 21 when they discovered more than 2180 pounds of marijuana in the trailer of…

Dec 21, 2005

PHOENIX - Eight members and associates of a racketeering enterprise known as the Cisneros Organization have plead guilty to various charges including racketeering, contract murder, narcotics manufacturing and distribution, vehicle theft and VIN-switching. The defendants were: Luis Cisneros, 35, of…