Fernie Ortiz
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LIVE BLOG: O’Rourke interrupts governor’s news conference
An 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers before law enforcement officers shot and killed him inside an elementary school on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. → Read More
‘Nervous’ truck driver had 48 migrants in trailer, CBP says
Nervous and rushing to leave, a truck driver attempted to smuggle dozens of migrants past a Border Patrol checkpoint Saturday in West Texas. → Read More
CBP rescue crew plucks injured migrants from rugged Arizona wilderness
A rescue team used WhatsApp to track a pair of injured migrants stranded days in the Arizona wilderness. → Read More
Murder suspect gets truck stuck in dried-up Rio Grande
A man wanted for murder in Kansas attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico by driving his pickup over the Rio Grande before becoming stuck. → Read More
CBP: Smuggler forces 3 migrants out of moving truck in southern Arizona
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A smuggler forced three migrants out of a moving vehicle during a Border Patrol pursuit on Sunday southwest of Tucson, Arizona. U.S. Customs and Border Protection border said agents assigned to the Three Points Station attempted to stop and conduct an immigration inspection on a black Dodge truck that […] → Read More
Abandoned migrants use fire to signal border rescue crew in Arizona desert
Two stranded migrants — a mother and her adult son — lighted a fire in a remote area of Arizona near the border, just enough for rescue crews to spot them from miles away Friday evening. → Read More
Don’t try to import just any kind of flower this Valentine’s Day
A single flower could potentially ruin Valentine’s Day for lovers in the Borderland, and that is why agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are busy tapping and shaking bouquets to make sure they are free of insects, pests and diseases. → Read More
Alleged smuggler faces prosecution in Mexico under ‘Fence Cutter Initiative’
In less than two months, U.S. and Mexico authorities have identified nearly 200 breaches in the border barrier in the El Paso Sector. → Read More
Guatemalan boy, 8, abandoned at base of El Paso-Juarez border crossing
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Border officers encountered an abandoned Guatemalan boy at the international boundary atop the Paso Del Norte Bridge on Monday in Downtown El Paso. → Read More
El Paso ICE agent allegedly accepts bribe to pay off drug debt
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- An El Paso ICE agent allegedly exchanged sensitive law enforcement information for $500 to pay a drug debt, the U.S. Attorney' Office said Wednesday. → Read More
Former El Paso police officer admits helping her stepfather distribute cocaine
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A former El Paso police officer who helped her stepfather stash and distribute cocaine faces up to 20 years in prison. → Read More
Georgia trucker faces prison for smuggling 117 migrants near Texas border
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Before Border Patrol agents could finish inspecting his tractor-trailer, Jonathan Kyle Price drove off, prompting a pursuit on Feb .19. → Read More
Border Patrol agent, Juarez teen play catch over dried-up Rio Grande
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The return of football has made its way to the international boundary between the U.S. and Mexico, where a U.S. Border Patrol agent was recently spotted throwing passes with a teen on the Mexican side. → Read More
El Paso suffers when Fort Bliss money is taken for border wall, lawyer argues in federal court
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- El Paso County has suffered an economic injury because of border wall construction and the suspension of a multi-million dollar project at Fort Bliss, a lawyer for the county and co-plaintiffs argued Tuesday before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. → Read More
Border agents encounter migrant men convicted or wanted on child-sex crimes
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Border Patrol agents from Texas’ Rio Grande Valley arrested three undocumented men either accused or convicted of sex-related crimes involving children, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release. → Read More
ICE: Hunger strike brought on by ‘coercion’ from outside parties, detainee threats
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement says an apparent hunger strike at the Mesa Verde Detention Center was possibly started by outside attorneys and other inmates. → Read More
Head of CBP defends deployment of border authorities to Washington, D.C.
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday issued a statement defending the deployment of CBP personnel in the nation’s capital as a response to the civil unrest that followed the alleged murder of a man by a Minneapolis police officer. → Read More
Game wardens seize illegally obtained seafood at South Texas border crossing
EL PASO, Texas, (Border Report) — Border officers stopped a shipment of illegally harvested seafood on May 13 at a South Texas port of entry. A 49-year-old woman arrived with two ice chests a… → Read More
Teen girl stashes load of meth inside portable speaker box, CBP says
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- A 16-year-old girl tried walk across the border carrying a portable speaker box stuffed with methamphetamine, U.S. Customs and Protection said in a news release. → Read More
Indian man caught illegally crossing 1st in border custody to test positive for coronavirus
An Indian man who was arrested after illegally crossing into the U.S. from Mexico tested positive for the coronavirus, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday. → Read More