Helicopter crew from CBP Air and Marine Operations in Bellingham locates...
Release Date: May 22, 2019BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A helicopter and crew from the Bellingham Air and Marine Branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) located a...
View ArticleCBP Air and Marine Provides Crucial Assistance to USBP Agents
Release Date: May 23, 2019LAREDO, TEXAS– Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents together with CBP Air and Marine Operations rendered aid to a severely dehydrated subject on Highway 255 in Laredo.Tuesday...
View ArticleCBP seizes $1.6 Million inside Propane Gas Tank
Release Date: May 24, 2019MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico– U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers and Agents, along with other federal partners under the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST),...
View ArticleCBP confisca $1.6 millones dentro de un tanque de gas propano
Release Date: May 24, 2019MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico - Oficiales y agentes de Aduanas y Protección fronteriza de los Estados Unidos, junto con otros socios federales de la iniciativa BEST, descubrieron y...
View ArticleU.S. Border Patrol Seizes Ultralight Aircraft Loaded With Meth/Fentanyl
Release Date: May 24, 2019TUCSON, Ariz. – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Nogales and Tucson stations seized a modified ultralight aircraft and its illicit cargo of nearly $500,000...
View ArticleMulti Agency Rescue Required to Save Man from Patagonia Mountain Cliff
Release Date: May 24, 2019TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assisted by helicopters crews from Arizona Department of Public Safety and Air and Marine Operations provided a lifesaving rescue...
View ArticleCBP Air and Marine Operations, First to Locate Aircraft Involved in Plane Crash
Release Date: May 30, 2019A CBP, Air and Marine Operations flightcrew from Jacksonville, Florida was thefirst to locate one of two downed civilianaircraft.GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla.— Two civilian...
View ArticleCBP Airlifts Unconscious Man After Human Smugglers Push Group Dangerously...
Release Date: June 7, 2019TUCSON, Ariz. – Two men were hospitalized after human smugglers pushed a group of illegal border crossers to their physical limit in a desert mountain range west of Tucson...
View ArticleBorder Patrol and Partners Thwart Several Smuggling Attempts
Release Date: June 14, 2019SAN DIEGO — U.S. Border Patrol agents along with DHS partners stopped four smuggling attempts during the past week, yielding drug seizures valued at more than $329,000 and...
View ArticleCBP Air and Marine Operations Disrupts 10 Cocaine Smuggling Attempts in May
Release Date: June 20, 2019Weight of seized narcotics equal to a school busWASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations P-3 aircraft crews located and tracked several...
View ArticleAMO Crew Deals Blow to Cocaine Smuggler
Release Date: June 25, 2019CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On their latest trip to South America, a CBP Air and Marine Operations aircrew spoiled cocaine smugglers’ best efforts when they contributed to the...
View ArticleDHS Partners Arrest 12 People in Pleasure Craft
Release Date: July 1, 2019SAN DIEGO—Working in coordination with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) partners, U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents arrested 12 people in a maritime smuggling event...
View ArticleAMO seizes $3.7 Million inside Abandoned Vessel in Puerto Rico
Release Date: July 8, 2019FAJARDO, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents, along with agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), seized Sunday $3.7 million in undeclared...
View ArticleAMO incautó $3.7 millones dentro de un bote abandonado en Puerto Rico
Release Date: July 8, 2019FAJARDO, Puerto Rico - Los agentes de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos, junto con los agentes de la Administración de Control de Drogas (DEA), incautaron...
View ArticleAMO seizes $372K on a beach in St. Thomas
Release Date: July 10, 2019ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents, seized Tuesday $372,000 in undeclared currency found inside a duffle bag on the beach near a vessel...
View ArticleIllegal Alien Arrested on Jet Ski 1Mile North of West Harbor
Release Date: July 17, 2019Subject has warrant of deportation from 2012Illegal caught on Jet Ski in Lake EriePORT CLINTON, Ohio— Marine Interdiction Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...
View ArticleOff-Duty CBP Marine Interdiction Agent, First to Respond to Roll-Over...
Release Date: July 19, 2019An off-duty Air and Marine Operations agent was the first torespond to a vehicle accident near Sebastian, Florida.SEBASTIAN, Fla.— An off-duty CBP Air and Marine Operations...
View ArticleAMO Agent Leads Rescue of a Girl from Flash Flood in El Yunque National Forest
Release Date: July 23, 2019FAJARDO, Puerto Rico – An off duty CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Marine Interdiction agent (MIA) led the rescue of a young girl swept up by a flash flood in one of the...
View ArticleAgente de Operaciones Marítimas de CBP lidera rescate de una niña de...
Release Date: July 23, 2019FAJARDO, Puerto Rico - Un agente de Interdicción Marítima (MIA, por sus siglas en inglés) de Operaciones Aéreas y Marítimas de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza, lideró el...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Agents Rescue Illegal Alien in Distress
Release Date: July 24, 2019LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Field Intelligence Team (FIT), the Laredo South Station, CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO), and the Border Patrol...
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