Border Patrol foils marijuana cargo

EL PASO, Texas – Persistence paid off for U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Paso Sector when agents working the southwest quadrant of New Mexico and west Texas uncovered marijuana valued at $566,736 on Dec. 30, 2012 and Jan. 1, 2013.

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The Texas Tribune: Mexico’s New Approach to Curbing Drug Violence

Under policies announced by Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexico’s new president, the focus will be on street gangs and criminals employed by cartels rather than eliminating drug trafficking bosses.

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Cocaine Found in Gift Bag at Checkpoint
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Defenders of immigrant rights are concerned about the increasing number of cases in which people are forced to smuggle drugs into the United States from Mexico by drug traffickers threatening ... San Luis CBP officers seize 32 pounds of methamphetamine
A woman from Mexico has actually been apprehended for trying to smuggle almost 32 pounds of methamphetamine into the nation with the San Luis port of entry. According to an USA ... Blog del Narco: Mexican Military Forces Kill 4 Gunmen During Clash (Photo Warning)
A clash between civilian and military killed 4 men.  The event occurred in the early morning in the village near Kilometer 30. The shooting occurred about three o’clock, when two civilian ... Cannon delivers marijuana in cans over the border in Yuma Arizona
Mexican drug traffickers are modernizing; cannon used to launch drugs to U.S. The U.S. Border Patrol said Tuesday that Mexican smugglers created a novel system to smuggle drugs into the ... I want to live, but to live in silence is just another way to die
A year and nine months ago I’d never have believed that I’d be here today. Every morning I’m surprised by life and open my eyes on a burnt out country ... CBP: Huge pot bust was fifth-largest in Nogales given that 1990
[caption id="attachment_68900" align="alignright" width="300"] Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Bor[/caption] Officers at the Mariposa Harbor of Entry seized nearly 5,700 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer on Wednesday in a bust ...
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