Border News
Agents seize $90K worth of meth, rescue Honduran
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 03 December 2017 03 December 2017
Yuma, Arizona - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized approximately $90,000 worth of methamphetamine Tuesday morning at the immigration checkpoint on Highway 95, south of Quartzsite, Arizona; and later rescued a Honduran national from the Colorado River.
Border Patrol Agent Assaulted While Making Arrest
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 03 December 2017 03 December 2017
Vamori, Arizona - A Supervisory Border Patrol agent from the Casa Grande Station was assaulted by a 17-year-old male Mexican national on Thanksgiving Day near Vamori, Arizona.
Drug Smuggler Using Zip Line Arrested by Border Patrol
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 03 December 2017 03 December 2017
Douglas, Arizona - Douglas Station Border Patrol agents seized 10 bundles of marijuana and arrested one person involved in a cross-border zip line smuggling attempt Wednesday morning.
Mobile Response Team Agents Rescue Mexican Man with Gunshot Wound
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 03 December 2017 03 December 2017
Tucson, Arizona - Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Mobile Response Team (MRT) responded to a 911 call Wednesday morning from a 41-year-old Mexican man who had been shot before crossing the border into the United States.
Assault on Tucson Sector Border Patrol Agent Results in Shooting
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 03 December 2017 03 December 2017
Three Points, Arizona - In a remote area of the Baboquivari Mountain Range west of Three Points, Arizona, a United States Border Patrol agent discharged his service- issued sidearm, hitting an assaultive male subject.