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CBP Border Patrol Open House May 17
Release Date: May 9, 2017MARFA, Texas – The U.S. Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector will host an Open House event on Wednesday, May 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Big Bend Sector (BBT) Headquarters,...
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CBP AMO detects vessel with 159 pounds of cocaine north of Puerto Rico; 3...
Release Date: May 12, 2017AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) detected a single engine vessel Tuesday evening attempting to smuggle more...
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CBP Laredo Recruiting Office is Open for Business; Recruiters to Provide...
Release Date: May 12, 2017LAREDO, Texas– U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), is informing potential job seekers interested in a fulfilling federal law enforcement career that the Laredo...
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Rio Grande Valley agents keep $1 million worth of marijuana off the streets
Release Date: May 16, 2017BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Border Patrol agents seized 91 bundles of narcotics after an Air and Marine Operations helicopter witnessed a group of subjects illegally entering the...
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CBP AMO Nabs 661 Pounds of Cocaine South of Puerto Rico; 2 Aliens Arrested
Release Date: May 30, 2017AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents detected and intercepted a vessel attempting to smuggle 661 pounds...
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CBP Air and Marine Operations Aircrews Based in Jacksonville Detect Vessel...
Release Date: June 2, 2017JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— A U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) aircrew detected a go-fast vessel loaded with more than 2,425 pounds of cocaine off...
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CBP Arrests 5 Aliens Attempting Reentry via Puerto Rico
Release Date: June 6, 2017SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico– U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agents arrested 5 aliens found along with others inside a wooden “yola” type vessel, intercepted...
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CBP, PRPD find “yola” with 1198 pounds of cocaine
Release Date: June 8, 2017PONCE, Puerto Rico - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces for Rapid Action (FURA, for its Spanish acronym) agents found Wednesday...
View ArticleAgents Spot Deceased Individual Hanging from Tree
Release Date: June 8, 2017TUCSON, Ariz.– Air Interdiction agents aboard an Air & Marine Operations helicopter Wednesday evening reported seeing what appeared to be a deceased individual hanging...
View ArticleCBP Air and Marine and U.S. Border Patrol Catch Smugglers
Release Date: May 24, 2017TUCSON, Ariz.– Tucson Air and Marine Operations Branch (AMO) and Tucson Sector United States Border Patrol (USBP) worked together to seize more than 429 pounds of marijuana,...
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BORSTAR, MRT, AMO Agents Rescue Brothers Miles Apart
Release Date: June 22, 2017TUCSON, Ariz.– Tucson Sector’s Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue, and Mobile Response Team agents, along with an Air and Marine Operations aircrew rescued two distressed...
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CBP Air and Marine Operations Fort Pierce Marine Unit, Partner Agencies...
Release Date: June 26, 2017FORT PIERCE, Fla.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Agents from the Fort Pierce Marine Unit assisted an injured man near the Fort Pierce Inlet...
View ArticleUpdate: 12 More Arrests in Marijuana Bust as Part of Larger Operation
Release Date: June 28, 2017TUCSON, Ariz.– The arrest of two U.S. citizens Monday for attempting to smuggle more than 1,100 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $600,000, was part of a larger...
View ArticleCBP’s Air and Marine Operations Partners with ICE-HSI during Coordinated...
Release Date: June 29, 2017Alleged members and associates of the Vagos outlaw motorcycle gang arrested.SAN DIEGO– U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) participated...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Reunites Family of Illegal Immigrants
Release Date: June 30, 2017TUCSON, Ariz.– Multiple agents from Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and the Tucson Sector Border Patrol joined forces Wednesday to search for two teenagers separated from...
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CBP’s Air and Marine Operations, Interagency Partners Thwart Attempts to...
Release Date: July 6, 2017JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) aircrew, in coordination with interagency partners, conducted continuous...
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CBP to the Rescue: Protecting the Homeland, Saving Lives
Author: Acting Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenanPublication Date: Friday, July 7, 2017When people talk about U.S. Customs and Border Protection, they are usually talking about our visible frontline...
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CBP Air and Marine Operations to the Rescue: Jacksonville Marine Unit,...
Release Date: July 7, 2017JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Agents from the Jacksonville Marine Unit and interagency partners rescued two boaters after...
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CBP Saves 5 from Drowning Over Busy Weekend
Release Date: July 10, 2017Rescues in Lake St. Clair and Lake ErieDETROIT— U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents assigned to the Erie Marine unit along with U.S....
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CBP Marine Unit Assists Parasailers near St. Thomas
Release Date: July 12, 2017ST.THOMAS, Virgin Islands — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) assisted 2 persons Tuesday morning that were parasailing near Frenchman’s...
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