An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that's come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico. For more than a year, the closure of the southern border to nonessential traffic has sharply…
CBP Seizes Multiple Rifles at Border Crossing into Mexico
File Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Tucson Sector
30 May 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a load of smuggled semi-automatic rifles during an attempt to cross into Mexico from Texas. The officers seized eight rifles and magazines.
CBP officers assigned to the Del Rio Port of Entry on May 25 observed a 2021 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup truck and trailer approaching for an exit inspection, according to information obtained from CBP’s Office of Field Operations. The officers referred the driver to a secondary inspection station.
CBP Officers in Del Rio, Texas, seized eight rifles and magazines during an exit inspection. (Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
About $875K in liquid meth seized at Bridge 2
May 11, 2021
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A view of Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge is seen on March 19, 2020 from the United States side.Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning Times
A legal permanent resident has been arrested for attempting to smuggle more than $875,000 in liquid meth through the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge, according to an arrest affidavit.
Salvador Muñoz-Jimenez, 35, was arrested and charged with import and conspire to import the liquid meth.
On May 7, Muñoz-Jimenez a legal permanent resident arrived at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge in a white 2000 Chevrolet Express Van bearing Mexican license plates. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers referred him to secondary inspection due to a computer-generated alert.
Affidavit: Woman used daughter s birth certificate to smuggle girl through Laredo bridge
May 5, 2021
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A view of the Gateway to the Americas and Juarez-Lincoln International Bridges, Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2020, as seen from the United States side.Danny Zaragoza/Laredo Morning Times
A woman tried to use her daughter’s Texas birth certificate to smuggle a child through the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge, according to an arrest affidavit.
Anna Elizabeth Jaime, a U.S. Citizen, was arrested and charged with transport, attempt to transport and conspire to transport a migrant child.
Jaime, 24, arrived at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge at about 10:36 p.m. May 2. She was traveling along with five minors and one adult. Jaime stated that two boys and one girl were her children.