U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter August 11 – August 17
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DEA Agents bust Iraqi-Sinaloa cartel drug smuggling/explosive ring in San Diego
( The compelling question now becomes what the u. s. government will do with the Iraqi’s. Will it be just a slap on the wrist and then release them back into society, or will they be formally deported as should be done?)
( The compelling question now becomes what the u. s. government will do with the Iraqi’s. Will it be just a slap on the wrist and then release them back into society, or will they be formally deported as should be done?)
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Tragedy on the Border
Please watch this well done video. There MUST be justice and full closure for Brian’s family, friends, and fellow Agents. Honor First.
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Issa, Grassley tell Holder ‘word games’ won’t do
Issa, Grassley tell Holder ‘word games’ won’t do
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NORTH DAKOTA
Border Patrol Agent Assaulted During Flood Relief Operations
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The Buffer Between Mexican Cartels and the U.S. Government-Stratfor
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Drug cartel carries out brutal home invasion assault in Texas
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Border patrol in Texas arrests Illinois man on warrant
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MICHIGAN
Massive pot bust linked to Mexican drug cartel
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Texas DPS targets drug traffickers on the border
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American police to train Mexican state, local cops
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8th Border Security Conference examines benefits and dangers along the U.S.-Mexico borderline
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Getting High for Less: Easier Access to Better, Cheaper Heroin Cripples Small Towns
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WASHINGTON STATE
Border Patrol Captures Man With Drugs, Guns Near Sumas
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Immigration: Homeland Security hit with flurry of immigration lawsuits
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ARIZONA
Border agents find drug tunnel in Nogales
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MICHIGAN
Border Patrol agents and police arrest sex offender
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Anti-Corruption Agreement Signed Between CBP and DHS Inspector General
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Texas judge throws out suit in Mexican boy’s death
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TEXAS
Suit dismissed in shooting death of Juárez boy by Border Patrol agent
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ARIZONA
Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies and Border Patrol agents catch high speed chase suspect
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CALIFORNIA
Police: Illegal immigrant stole girl’s identity
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TEXAS
Border Patrol Seizes Five-Ton Marijuana Load At Checkpoint
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49% Concerned Efforts To Identify Illegal Immigrants Will Violate Civil Rights
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TEXAS
Illegal immigrant gets 10 years for assault, drugs
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NEW JERSEY
Man wanted in NJ attempted homicide case caught at Mexican border
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ARIZONA
2 suspected human smugglers arrested by feds
