U.S. Customs and Border Protection

It’s the job of today’s federal agents posted at the nation’s ports of entry to uncover humans or illicit drugs being smuggled across the border from Mexico. They’ve learned that there is no end to the ways devious minds find of...

CALEXICO — When Calexico resident Song Shen Zhen, 73, recently drove through a Calexico Port of Entry, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer noticed plastic grocery bags under backseat floor mats. There weren’t drugs inside the bags...

IMPERIAL - An 18-year-old El Centro man died and another man had to be transported via air ambulance to Palm Springs with major injuries following a vehicle collision near East Worthington and McConnell roads Wednesday. The incident involved a 2011...

* Russians contacted U.S. twice about Tsarnaev-sources * Family of suspects cites man named 'Misha' as influence * Suspect's name was on U.S. counterterrorism list (Adds information passed to FBI, comments from suspects' uncle, members of Congress,...

WASHINGTON -- Accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told FBI investigators that he and his brother were operating alone and did not receive assistance from outside terrorist groups, officials said Tuesday. A team of federal agents peppered the 19-...

TUCSON -- It may take several days before officials determine the identities of the five males who died in a crash after the vehicle they were in failed to yield to U.S. Border Patrol agents, officials said Monday. Several other passengers, including...

TUCSON, Ariz. -- At least five people were killed and more than a dozen hurt when an SUV crashed while it was being chased by the Border Patrol, authorities said Sunday. Pima County Rural/Metro Fire Chief Willie Treatch said the midsize SUV was carrying...

ANDRADE - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found roughly 48 pounds of cocaine in a vehicle’s gas tank at the Andrade Port of Entry on Monday evening, according to a press release. Around 9 p.m., an officer conducting inspections...

The process of getting into the U.S. for a visit is either easy and efficient or so frustrating that many tourists tell their friends to avoid a trip to the country. The starkly different portrayals of the nation's customs process come from two separate...

CALEXICO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested an El Centro resident Sunday after discovering about $120,000 worth of methamphetamine in his car, according to a press release. Around 12:10 p.m., a detector dog alerted to a blue 1993...

“I see where someone wants to cut out the junk mail they receive. Think about it this way, that junk mail still brings in revenue for the postal service. Take away the junk mail, take away the revenue. Take away the revenue, take away a lot more...