Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection,  LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) CBP officers at Laredo Port of Entry in recent days seized loads of varied hard narcotics with a combined total street value exceeding $227,000 from two body carriers. “These back to back seizures in the passenger environment show

Courtesy Laura D. Garcia,   McAllen, Tx – The City of McAllen would like to remind residents that its Passport Division is open every second Saturday of the month. The facility will open today Saturday, March 10. They will accept applications from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Additionally, The U.S. Department of State has approved an

Courtesy Laura D. Garcia, McAllen, Tx– Storytime and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) backpacks are now available for checkout at McAllen Public Library’s Main Library. The Storytime backpacks are meant for children under 5 years old, while the STEM backpacks are suitable for children in grades 1st to 5th. They are also available to

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) CBP officers at Laredo Port of Entry stopped a triple threat seizing a load of three different kinds of hard narcotics with a combined value of nearly $900,000. “Seizing this significant load of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin this weekend underscores our

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas—On the heels of a poly-drug load this weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) CBP officers at Laredo Port of Entry on Monday seized a combination load of heroin and fentanyl with combined estimated street value of $192,000. “These back-to-back seizures of multiple types of narcotics

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – As Valentine’s Day rapidly approaches, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s highly skilled agriculture specialists continue to dutifully examine hundreds of millions of arriving cut flower stems to ensure that plant diseases and plant pests are detected and stopped from being introduced into the United States where they could cause harm.

Courtesy Margie Garza, LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations officers, together with FBI special agents and U.S. Marshals at Colombia-Solidarity Bridge today took custody of a man from Pharr, Texas wanted on outstanding federal warrants in connection with a hostage-taking kidnapping conspiracy and failure to appear for jury trial that

Courtesy Margie Garza, LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry detained a male subject traveling in a commercial bus who attempted to make entry into the United States. Utilizing CBP databases, CBP officers discovered that he had an outstanding state warrant for sexual assault-continuous sexual abuse, victim