Courtesy Charlotte Laracy, Border communities have lower crime rates than non-border major cities Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released FBI crime statistics from 2019 demonstrating that border communities are safer than non-border major cities in the United States. “As someone who lives and raises their family on the border, I have found the rhetoric about

Courtesy Jennifer Gutierrez, LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Laredo Port of Entry seized hard narcotics valued at $3.2 million in one enforcement action at the World Trade Bridge. “CBP has seen a significant uptick in attempts to smuggle methamphetamine at ports of entry,” said Acting Port

Courtesy Jennifer Gutierrez, LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Laredo Port of Entry seized hard narcotics valued at $10.1 million in four separate, unrelated enforcement actions at the World Trade Bridge. “International trade continues to show extraordinary growth, causing illicit drug traffickers to become bold in their

Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Ongoing operation stops illicit goods from China, improves CBP targeting WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that Operation Mega Flex has yielded more than 4,200 seizures of illicit goods and 2,400 agriculture violations over the past 15 months. The seizures included counterfeit goods, illegal narcotics,

Courtesy Steve Harmon, Grant will Fund Gang Violence Research (Laredo, Texas)-A new federal grant of $435,020 to Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) was announced by Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) in a virtual news conference Wednesday. Awarded through the National Institute of Justice’s Investigator-Initiated Research and Evaluation on Firearm Violence grant program, it will be used