Photos: Border busts 2018
Check out the photos of some smuggling failures at Arizona's border.
Border busts 2018
Smugglers of people, drugs, money, weapons and other contraband continue to find new ways to get across the border. Check out the photos of some recent smuggling fails.
Border busts
A Tucson man was arrested after he attempted to smuggle $793,000 worth of meth and heroin on Dec. 10, officials said. The drugs were found in the truck bed and a door.
Border busts: Human smuggling
New biometric technology helped border officers stop two "impostors" from entering the U.S. in San Luis on Oct. 6. The two men tried to use fake permanent resident documents.
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Border bust: Human smuggling
Two U.S. teens were arrested for attempting to smuggle seven illegal immigrants inside a stolen truck Oct. 2. The 17-year-old boys also fled from agents in a Ford F-250 near the I-19 checkpoint.
Two illegal immigrants were found in the rear seat and five more in the truck bed.
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On Oct. 12, Border agents arrested three people, including two U.S. citizens, for attempting to smuggle meth in Nogales.
A 18-year-old Nogales man was sent for additional screening when an agency canine alerted to an odor coming from the Dodge Ram. Agents found 53 packages of meth worth $175,260.
Agents later found nearly 90 pounds of meth hidden in the vehicle of a 26-year-old Mexican woman and 22-year-old Rio Rico woman. The drugs were valued at $271,140.
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A 30-year-old man was caught with nearly $600 worth of meth taped to his left leg at the Port of San Luis Oct. 12.
A records check found the man had an outstanding arrest warrant for possession of marijuana, which led agents to discover the meth.
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Border agents arrested two people for attempted drug smuggling in Nogales Oct. 16. Officers found 26 pounds of fentanyl and 2.5 pounds of heroin inside a 33-year-old U.S. woman's car. The combined value of the drugs was $428,000.
A 46-year-old Mexican man was later arrested attempting to smuggle $185,000 worth of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine inside a car.
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A 27-year-old Mexican woman was arrested in Nogales after Customs and Border Protection officers found more than 22 pounds of meth in her car Oct. 1. The drugs were valued at more than $67,000 officials said.
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On Sept. 18, border agents seized 38 packages of drugs from a vehicle at a Nogales border crossing. Agents later arrested a 36-year-old man believed to be a Mexican national.
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Agents seized $357,000 worth of drugs during the weekend of Aug. 17 to Aug. 19. Agents arrested two people, including a 39-year-old Cuban national.
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Nogales border agents arrested seven people at a Interstate 19 checkpoint from Sept. 1- Sept. 2, including a 17-year-old who attempted to smuggle cocaine.
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Border agents arrested two U.S. citizens after they seized 47 pounds of meth in a rear passenger door and tailgate of their Nissan Titan Aug. 20. The drugs were valued at more than $150,000, the agency said in a news release. The men are facing charges of narcotics smuggling.
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Eight trash bugs packed with marijuana was pulled from the trunk of a vehicle by Border Patrol agents Aug. 7. Agents initially referred a 34-year-old man for a secondary inspection of his car at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint.
Officers discovered the drugs which were valued at $86,000. The man was arrested and faces a charge of drug smuggling, officials said.
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Two people were arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found their hidden drugs in separate incidents in Nogales July 31. A 34-year-old man was sent for further inspection of his Ford tuck when officers found $63,000 worth of fentanyl and $45,000 worth of cocaine in the rear of the truck.
That same afternoon, officers seized a quarter-pound of meth a 50-year-old woman had hidden in a body cavity. In both incidents the smugglers were trying to re-enter the U.S.
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Two women were arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found methamphetamine and heroin in their vehicles Aug. 3. When inspecting a 37-year-old woman's Jeep at the DeConcini Crossing, officers found 59 pounds of meth worth about $178,000.
That evening officers referred a 20-year-old woman for further inspection where they found four pounds of heroin worth more than $116,000 and 17 pounds of meth valued at $51,000.
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A Tucson man was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found methamphetamine heavily taped to his left leg at a Nogales checkpoint. Officers say the drugs were worth more than $2,700. The man faces a charge of narcotics smuggling.
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A 21-year-old man was arrested after officers found 130 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle Aug. 7. A drug dog first alerted officers to an odor coming from the vehicle before searching the vehicle. The drugs were valued at $65,000.
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Border agents arrested a 21-year-old man after referring his vehicle for further inspection at the San Luis border crossing July 25. Agents found nine pounds of heroin, 65 pounds of meth and close to 70 fentanyl pills in the car's quarter panels. The estimated value for the heroin was $150,000, with the meth at $195,000, authorities said.
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Border Patrol agents arrested a 42-year-old Nogales woman after discovering 2 pounds of brown heroin concealed in her undergarments, Customs and Border Protection said. On Wednesday, July 11, 2018, agents at the Interstate 19 checkpoint referred a shuttle van for a routine secondary inspection. During the inspection, agents found the woman concealed four packages of brown heroin on her body. She was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.
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Border Patrol agents arrested a Kansas man on suspicion of human smuggling after two illegal immigrants were found hiding in his vehicle at the Interstate 19 checkpoint south of Tucson, according to Customs and Border Protection. The agency said the driver and passenger of a Dodge Ram pickup truck were sent to a secondary inspection July 10, 2018. While questioning them, agents found a third person hiding under the rear bench seat of the truck. Agents determined the passenger and person found hiding under the seat were in the country illegally. The truck was also reported stolen. Agents arrested the driver, a 33-year-old man from Kingman, Kansas, on suspicion of human smuggling. The two passengers were arrested for immigration violations. The truck was turned over to the Department of Public Safety.
Marijuana bust
Border Patrol agents with the Ajo Station arrested a 61-year-old Phoenix man Friday, July 6, after finding more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana, worth in excess of $700,000, concealed in a flatbed trailer at the Arizona 85 immigration checkpoint. An agent working the primary inspection lane referred the driver of a Ford F-250 utility vehicle for a secondary examination. During the exam, a Border Patrol dog alerted to an odor emitting from the flatbed trailer the vehicle was towing. Agents examined the trailer and found bundles of narcotics under wood planks on the flatbed. After removing the excavating equipment being hauled on the trailer, agents found 64 bundles of marijuana. The driver was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, along with the marijuana. The truck, equipment and trailer were also seized.
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Customs agents working at the commercial port in Nogales seized about $1.4 million worth of illegal drugs from a tractor-trailer rig crossing the border this weekend. The seizure was the third largest by Customs and Border Proctection at an Arizona port of entry, the agency said. On Saturday, July 7, 2018, the driver of a tractor-trailer rig was sent to a secondary inspection at the Mariposa Commercial Facility. A drug dog alerted to the trailer and agents discovered nearly 364 pounds of meth worth $1,092,000; six pounds of heroin worth about $100,000; seven pounds of fentanyl worth about $96,000; and about 6,000 pills suspected to be oxycodone, worth about $113,000. The drugs and tractor-trailer rig were seized. The driver, a 65-year-old man, was arrested.
Heroin bust
On May 28, 2018, officers at the Morley Pedestrian Crossing in Nogales sent a 26-year-old woman to a secondary inspection after noticing her clothing appeared suspicious, the CBP said. A dog alerted to the woman and nearly six pounds of heroin was found wrapped around the woman's midsection. The heroin was worth about $100,000, CBP said.
Heroin bust
On May 25, 2018, officers working at the Morley Pedestrian Crossing sent a 20-year-old woman for a secondary inspection. A search of the woman lead to the discovery of less than a pound of heroin taped to her crotch, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection. The drugs were worth about $7,500.
Heroin bust
On May 28, 2018, officers at the Morley Pedestrian Crossing in Nogales sent a 28-year-old man for an additional search. During the secondary inspection officers found nearly seven pounds of heroin taped to his waist. The drugs were worth about $114,000.
Border busts
A 16-year-old Tucson girl was arrested after Border Patrol agents found her hiding 9 ounces of fentanyl in her bra, Customs and Border Protection said.The teen was in a commercial shuttle van May 9, 2018, and was selected for further questioning by a Border Patrol agent at the Interstate 19 checkpoint south of Tucson. It was then discovered the girl was hiding a package of fentanyl — a powerful synthetic opioid — in her bra. The girl was arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Nogales arrested a 29-year-old woman after finding nearly 61 pounds of cocaine in the gas tank of her Ford SUV. Officers at the DeConcini crossing sent the Nogales, Arizona, woman for further inspection of her vehicle. A drug dog alerted to the vehicle and the drugs were found in the gas tank. The drugs were worth about $700,00. The woman was arrested.
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Border Patrol agents arrested a 19-year-old male Mexican national after finding five bundles of heroin hidden in his vehicle Saturday at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint. Agents sent the man to a secondary inspection of the Ford Mustang he was driving and inside the vehicle agents found 8 pounds of heroin worth about $97,000. Agents seized the car, drugs, and arrested the man on suspicion of drug smuggling. The case was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Nogales apprehended a U.S. citizen involved in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle more than $71,000 worth of methamphetamine into the United States on April 30, 2018. Officers working at the Mariposa Crossing sent a 37-year-old Phoenix woman for further inspection of her Nissan SUV Monday morning. A CBP dog alerted to the vehicle, resulting in drugs being located in the vehicle’s flooring. The inspection led to the discovery of nearly 24 pounds of meth. Officers seized the drugs as well as the vehicle, while the woman was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
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Customs officers in Nogales seized nearly 270 pounds of methamphetamine in a tractor-trailer load of mangoes. On April 25, 2018, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa cargo facility sent a Mexican national to a secondary inspection of the tractor-trailer rig he was driving. A angency drug dog alerted to the rig and a search uncovered the meth hidden under the rear floor of the rig. The 250 packages of meth are worth about $809,000, CBP said in a news release. Officers seized the drugs and the rig. The driver, 33, was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
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Border Patrol agents and a Tohono O'odham Police Department officer arrested a Mexican national after finding drugs being carried on horses near Federal Route 15 on Wednesday afternoon. The police officer encountered a man leading two horses with large burlap sacks near the village of Santa Rosa, northwest of Sells. As the officer approached, the man ran away leaving behind the horses. The officer seized the horses and called for Border Patrol assistance, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection. Agents searched the area and found the man. The horses were carrying 262 pounds of marijuana and six pounds of methamphetamine, worth a combined total of $123,000. The man, who was in the country illegally, was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling, CBP said.
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Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas stopped a woman from smuggling 22 pounds of marijuana into the United States on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Officers sent the 61-year-old woman for a further inspection of her Toyota truck following an alert by a CBP dog to a scent it was trained to detect. When officers searched the vehicle, they found packages of marijuana within the truck’s seats. The drugs have an estimated value of almost $11,000. Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and arrested the woman on suspicion of narcotics smuggling.
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On April 15, 2018, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales sent a 44-year-old Mexican woman for an additional search of her Mercury SUV. There, officers removed more than 35 pounds of meth, worth more than $106,000 as well as more than 8 pounds of heroin, worth in excess of $140,000 from within the spare tire. The woman was arrested.
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Border Patrol agents arrested a U.S. citizen after finding two illegal aliens locked in the trunk of a rented Chevrolet Impala at the immigration checkpoint on Interstate 19 on March 29, 2018. Thursday afternoon. An agent working the primary inspection lane directed a 31-year-old Chandler man for a secondary inspection. When agents opened the vehicle’s trunk, they discovered a 19-year-old Honduran woman and a 31-year-old Mexican man inside. Both illegal immigrants were transported to the Nogales Station and processed for immigration violations. The driver was arrested on suspicion of human smuggling.
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Border Patrol agents arrested a 41-year-old Bisbee woman Sunday morning, March 31 2018, after finding two Mexican nationals locked in the trunk of her vehicle during a secondary inspection at the Arizona 80 checkpoint near Tombstone. After an agent working the primary inspection lane referred the driver of a Mercury sedan for a secondary inspection, a Border Patrol dog alerted to the vehicle’s trunk. When agents opened the trunk, they discovered a 32-year-old man and 44-year-old woman who had entered the U.S. illegally. Agents arrested the driver on human smuggling charges and seized the vehicle. The Mexican nationals were processed for immigration violations, according to Customs and Border Protection.
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Border Patrol agents working at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint Friday morning, Feb. 23, 2018, detained two United States Citizens from the greater Phoenix area, traveling with their 4-year-old child, after finding 6½ pounds of methamphetamine in their vehicle’s spare tire. After agents referred the 22-year-old male driver of a Nissan Sentra for a secondary inspection of the vehicle, a Border Patrol dog alerted to an odor it was trained to detect from the vehicle, according to Customs and Border Patrol. Agents checked the spare tire of the vehicle and discovered methamphetamine, worth in excess of $22,400. Agents arrested the driver and his 24-year-old female passenger on suspicion of drug smuggling and seized the drugs and vehicle, CBP said. The child was released to a family member. The case was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.
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Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint arrested an 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Nogales, Arizona, after finding more than 59 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in his vehicle. Agents referred the teen, driving a Nissan Altima for a secondary inspection after a Border Patrol dog alerted to an odor it was trained to detect. Inside the vehicle, agents found 50 packages of methamphetamine valued in excess of $150,000. Agents arrested the teen for drug smuggling and seized the drugs and vehicle; which were then turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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CBP officers at the DeConcini crossing in Nogales referred a 35-year-old woman for further questioning as she attempted to enter the United States in her GMC SUV on Feb. 15, 2018. During the incident, a CBP dog alerted officers to almost 96 pounds of meth, valued at over $287,000, hidden throughout the vehicle. The woman was arrested and the drugs and vehicle were seized.
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Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing in Nogales referred a 33-year-old Mexican woman, in possession of a SENTRI card, for a secondary search of her Chevrolet truck on Feb. 15, 2018. During the search, a CBP dog's alert led to the discovery of more than 17 pounds of cocaine, worth in excess of $196,000, and more than 5 pounds of meth, worth nearly $16,000. Officers found the drugs hidden truck’s center console. The woman was arrested on suspicion of narcotics smuggling and her SENTRI card, which is carried by pre-approved, low-risk crossers, was seized.
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CBP officers at the DeConcini crossing in Nogales referred on Feb. 9, 2018, a 49-year-old male Mexican national for secondary inspection of his Pontiac sedan when he attempted to enter the United States. During the inspection, a CBP dog alerted to an odor it was trained to detect, leading officers to discover nearly five pounds of meth, worth more than $56,000 in the glove compartment.
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Customs and Border Protection officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing referred a 36-year-old Douglas man for further inspection of his Jeep on Feb. 9, 2018. A CBP dog alerted officers to more than 21 pounds of methamphetamine, worth approximately $64,000, as well as almost 14 pounds of heroin, worth $238,000, in the vehicle’s quarter panels.
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Border Patrol agents arrested a Tucson woman Feb. 2, 2018, at the immigration checkpoint on Arizona 80 near Tombstone after finding 111 bricks of marijuana hidden in her Chevrolet Impala. An agent working the primary inspection lane directed the 29-year-old woman, traveling with her young daughter, for a secondary inspection after a drug dog alerted to an odor it is trained to detect. Agents discovered about 123 pounds of marijuana worth about $60,000. Agents arrested the woman on suspicion of drug smuggling and seized the drugs and vehicle. The Department of Child Safety assisted in placing her daughter with a family member.
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Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents from the Nogales Station arrested a 29-year-old Phoenix woman on Feb. 3, 2018, after finding her with more than 10 ounces of heroin at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint. Agents referred the driver of a Nissan Sentra for a secondary inspection after an agency dog alerted to an odor it was trained to detect coming from the vehicle. While conducting a search on the vehicle and driver, agents discovered a package of brown heroin under the woman’s clothing. The drugs were worth about $7,800. The woman is being held on drug smuggling charges while awaiting disposition.
Smuggling van
Border Patrol agents in Nogales arrested a 14-year-old boy who fled from agents in a van carrying 12 illegal immigrants, Customs and Border Protection said. On Jan. 21, 2018, agents patrolling east of Nogales attempted to stop a Dodge Caravan. However, the driver sped away and agents gave chase on Arizona 82 until the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed at the corner of Arizona 82 and Morley Avenue in Nogales, according to a CBP news release. The driver, a 14-year-old U.S. citizen from Nogales, ran away but was quickly caught by agents. Twelve Mexican nationals, all here illegally, were found in the van, the CBP said. The boy is facing charges of unlawful flight from a law enforcement officer, a felony. The illegal immigrants, ages 15 to 45, were arrested for immigration violations.
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Border Patrol agents arrested five men carrying backpacks with marijuana over the weekend near Gila Bend. This group was one of two groups of smugglers caught by agents on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27, 2018 near Gila Bend. In total, the marijuana seized in the incidents was worth about $170,000.
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Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Nogales arrested a 20-year-old Nogales, Arizona, man involved in an attempt to smuggle nearly half-a-pound of methamphetamine as well as 100 capsules of tramadol on Monday. Officers at the Morley pedestrian crossing referred the man for secondary inspection when he attempted to enter the United States. During the inspection, officers found a package of meth, worth nearly $1,200. In addition, the man had a second bag, which contained 100 capsules of tramadol, an opioid pain medication. Officers arrested the man and turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
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Customs officers at the Naco port arrested a 26-year-old woman after finding marijuana packages taped to her stomach. Customs and Border Protection said the woman attempted to enter the U.S. on Jan. 13, 2018, and was sent to secondary inspection, where officers found about 2 pounds of marijuana. The drugs were worth about $1,100. The woman was turned over to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
Lukeville pot seizure
Customs officers southwest of Tucson seized more than a ton of marijuana from a motorhome being driven by a Phoenix man, the CBP said in a news release. The drugs had a street value of about $1.2 million, according to Customs and Border Protection. On Dec. 30, 2017, CBP officers at the Lukeville port sent a motorhome trying to enter Arizona to a secondary inspection after a drug dog alerted to the vehicle. Officers found 120 bundles of marijuana hidden in storage compartments, walls and under the floor of the motorhome, the CBP said. The drugs weighed nearly 2,500 pounds and represents the second-largest marijuana seizure at the Lukeville port. Officers seized the vehicle and drugs and turned the 55-year-old man over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
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Border Patrol agents and sheriff's deputies arrested three men following a chase Dec. 31, 2017, where the suspects threw marijuana bundles from their truck west of Tucson, Customs and Border Protection said. Agents patrolling near Ajo on Arizona 85 attempted to pull over a northbound Chevrolet pickup truck. The truck sped away from agents, who followed the vehicle. Agents witnessed the occupants of the truck throw bundles of marijuana from the vehicle as they tried to evade capture. Pima County sheriff's deputies joined in the pursuit and followed the truck to a rural road where it struck a fence. The three men in the truck ran away into the desert but were later apprehended. Agents and deputies recovered all the marijuana, including two bundles still inside the truck. The marijuana weighed about 200 pounds and was worth about $100,000, the CBP said. The three men — two Mexican nationals and a U.S. citizen — were arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling. The two illegal immigrants also face immigration violations.
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Border Patrol agents arrested a Sierra Vista man after finding two illegal immigrants hiding in the trunk of his car on Dec. 30, 2017. Agents at the immigration checkpoint at Arizona 90 near Whetstone referred the driver of a Dodge Stratus to a secondary inspection. Agents found the two illegal immigrants, 21 and 29, in the trunk. The driver, 45, was arrested on suspicion of human smuggling. The two illegal immigrants were processed for immigration violations.
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The drugs were wrapped in trash bags inside the trunk of the vehicle.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized drugs from three people in separate incidents which totaled $844,000 Wednesday, officials said.
Around 51 pounds of heroin, meth, and cocaine were seized at the border crossing, officials say.
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A semi-automatic rifle was sold to a suspected drug trafficker, prosectors say.
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Men were discovered during a Sunday night immigration stop on State Route 80.
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Rolando Chávez Chávez, a 26-year-old Guatemala native, was part of a group agents tracked on Nov. 29.
He's facing felony charges, according to federal officials.
The case started about 4 p.m. Friday when the son called for help from a neighbor’s home.
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Had been on the job less than a year.
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The justices gave no reason for their ruling.
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A Border Patrol agent was wounded in a fight with a Honduran man he was trying to arrest near Sasabe, officials say.
Cause of their deaths has not been released by authorities; state child welfare workers had previous contact with family.
A Tucson golf instructor who repeatedly grabbed the breasts of a woman he worked with has been convicted of felony sexual abuse.
The wounded man's injuries are not life-threatening. No officers were wounded.
Game and Fish was searching for the fox Wednesday afternoon at the monument, about 120 miles southeast of Tucson.
Lester Kirkendall, 49, suffered gunshot wounds and he was declared dead at the scene.
No one was injured during the rally, police say.
“We are going to be guarding our border with the military,” Trump said Tuesday during a White House lunch with Baltic leaders.
Brian Hughes was booked into the Pima County jail on one count of sexual abuse.
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Attacked ex-girlfriend and her companion in the woman's northwest side home.
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The man was taken to a hospital but his condition was not known Thursday morning.
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Also must serve three years supervised release after prison, judge determines.
Men were turned over to ATF, officials said.
The Tucson Police Department is searching for an unspecified number of men who fled the hotel.
Man fled when approached by officer, but caught later by Border Patrol.
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An early morning house fire was put out after a passerby reported smoke in a midtown Tucson neighborhood, officials say.
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We're in this together.
The rally begins at 4 p.m. at Armory Park, across from the Tucson children’s Museum, in the 200 block of South Sixth Avenue.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Smugglers left behind a live tiger cub in a duffel bag when they fled back to Mexico after attempting to cross the Rio Gr…
The heroin was valued at more than $188,000.
Investigators say they suspect Jared McDonald was driving impaired.
The 16-year-old was in a shuttle van when agents questioned some of the passengers.
Investigators believe the 33-year-old woman sent the boy photos, emails and text messages.
Witnesses told investigators that a small blue pickup truck fled the area after crashing into the rider and horse, killing both.
A man who police say fired at an officer during a traffic stop early Monday was arrested hours later after he was spotted on a bus bench, offi…
Border Patrol agents from the Tucson Station say they have arrested a U.S. citizen and four Honduran nationals after a failed human smuggling …
Juan Fernando Barajas stole 13 government credit cards and used them to gas up his personal vehicles. He was sentenced Monday.
Man was deported in 2013, after he completed his prison sentence.
Sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
Parents who cross the U.S.-Mexico border with their children may be prosecuted in federal court in Tucson. Their children may end up in foster care.
Man will face prosecution for illegal re-entry as a felon.
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos once again displayed her lack of basic knowledge about her job when she told the House Committee on Educa…
Some $50,000 in counterfeit currency was passed to at least 16 people during the federal probe.
Officers found packages of heroin taped to the crossers' bodies.
U.S. Border Patrol agents report making 51,912 arrests in May, the third month in a row the number has topped 50,000.
Rancher: Agent was shot in leg, hand in remote part of his property.
Border Patrol officials say no one has been arrested in connection with the shooting.
The heroin seized was equivalent to 1.1 million hits.
Peptides developed by University of Arizona faculty can boost body's production of sun-shielding pigments.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited the Bible on Thursday in his defense of his border policy that is resulting in hundreds of immigrant children being separated from their parents
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ending the process of separating children from families after they are detained crossing the U.S. border illegally
It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but to separate families apprehended at the border because of federal law and a court decision.
Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona say they've rescued a 6-year-old Costa Rica boy who was abandoned by a smuggler in the desert.
The group consisted of immigrants from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, a news release said.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, giving President Donald Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court.
Tombstone will be a riot of activity June 30-July 1.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says he is retiring. That will give President Donald Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court.
The total value of the drugs is $333,000, officials said.
The funds will continue the center's goal to help more pets find new homes.
Rancher says he's angry and sad that the former Huachuca Mountains jaguar was killed in Sonora.
Police are investigating a homicide where one man died on Thursday night.
Initial reports said dogs, chickens, a ferret, potbelly pigs and a snake were living at the residence.
Border Patrol agents found heroin, meth strapped to man's, woman's bodies.
The 15-year-old bicyclist is in critical condition.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says lawmakers' visits to migrant children in federal shelters are wasting staff resources that could be…
The girl was found to be in good health, and transported to Tucson for further processing, the agency said.
TUCSON — A Sept. 5 trial has been set for a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in southern Arizona accused of falsely claiming he was …
Asylum seekers' weeks-long wait times due to limited resources and competing responsibilities at ports, CBP officials say.
Third largest seizure ever by CBP at Arizona port of entry.
Dog alerted to bundles containing 1,400 pounds of marijuana west of Tucson.
Two passengers, including one hiding under a seat, were in country illegally.
An Arizona woman is in custody on suspicion of trying to smuggle heroin through a border checkpoint.
Man is considered armed and dangerous, police say.
The girl was able to get away and run for help.
Police say Smith cut his grandmother's neck with a kitchen knife when she was in the bathtub
After being found to be in good health, they were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for processing.
Two women are facing smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say they tried to smuggle fentanyl and methamphetamin…
Two people were arrested at the Interstate 19 checkpoint last Friday.
PHOENIX — A worker at a nonprofit organization that houses immigrant children separated from their parents at the border has been booked on su…
Two people have been arrested in connection with an Arizona home invasion this week in which the homeowner shot and killed one of the intruders.
The two smuggling incidents happened around the same time Tuesday afternoon.
The drugs were found hidden on the Tucson man's body, officials said.
Two men were driving to Mexico with more than 4,200 rounds of ammunition hidden around the engine when the explosions started.
A woman was struck and killed by a car as she crossed East Speedway Monday night, Tucson police say.
Two women were arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found methamphetamine and heroin in their vehicles last week.
YUMA — The U.S. Border Patrol says its agents have arrested a convicted rapist for the second time this year after he tried to illegally re-en…
The drugs were valued at more than $870,000.
A woman who was seriously injured when she was struck by a vehicle on Tucson's south side in late July died Thursday, police said.
PHOENIX — A woman is accused of fatally strangling a runaway in her Phoenix apartment and wrapping the victim's body in plastic before dumping…
SURPRISE — A Surprise man is accused of critically injuring his girlfriend's stepfather by intentionally hitting him with his car after an argument.
FLORENCE — Seven people have been arrested after a month-long investigation into a vehicle theft ring, Pinal County authorities say.
TEMPE — A son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartmen…
TUCSON — A volunteer for a group that tries to prevent immigrants from dying in the Arizona desert is scheduled for trial on Nov. 14 on charge…
The grant covers overtime, mileage and equipment cost for the sheriff’s department and is an effort to encourage collaboration between local and federal law enforcement agencies.
Border Patrol agents say a Rio Rico woman tried to smuggle a Mexican citizen in a car also carrying her children.The U.S. Border Patrol said i…
A migrant was found hiding in a storm drain in Douglas on Tuesday afternoon, officials say.
Homeland Security agents arrested three people at El Con Mall Thursday evening.
A Sells man was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the shooting death of a woman on Tohono O'odham land in 2017.
PHOENIX — A man was arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault for severely beating a woman in west Phoenix during a home invasion, police say.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court is set to rule in the case of a man sentenced to death for fatally beating his live-in girlfriend's 3-year…
FLORENCE — Authorities say three men are in custody after one of the suspects rammed the car of a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy.
Citing court documents, ABC15 reported Thursday that three women were hired to care for Menchaca at different points over the summer.
A group of 121 immigrants, including children, turned themselves in to border agents near the Senita Basin north of Lukeville last week, offic…
GLENDALE — A Glendale man has died after he was struck by a speeding driver, authorities say.
Officials say $644,000 worth of drugs were seized at the border crossing in Nogales on Tuesday.
If you feel even the slightest glimmer of guilt when you go out for brunch and leave your dog at home, we’re here to help.
The state has notified Southwest Key it intends to revoke the licenses of its Arizona shelters holding migrant children, including the one in …
Publicity about agent Lonnie Swartz's case "has not been inflammatory,'' prosecutor says.
Technology, social media and scouting services have made the college recruiting process much simpler than it used to be.
Sophisticated computer algorithms judge whether the subjects are fudging.
In an interview Wednesday, Pierson doubled down on his comments.
Brandon Katz blames poor messaging and executing the concept for the closure of the Tucson restaurant.
Border agents apprehended two large groups of undocumented immigrants west of Lukeville this week, officials say.
A 25-year-old Tucson man is facing federal human trafficking counts after the Border Patrol says they found agents 11 migrants crammed into th…
Nogales Border agents seized $538,800 worth of meth from three U.S. citizens at the I-19 Immigration Checkpoint Thursday night, officials said.
Nogales Border Patrol agents arrested two U.S. teens for smuggling when seven illegal immigrants were found inside a stolen truck Tuesday nigh…
A woman was arrested after she attempted to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States on Monday, officials say.
Gila Bend first responders alongside Border Patrol agents rescued a man trapped inside a drainage pipe Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The driver fled from the checkpoint but was stopped a few miles away.
Border agents near the Nogales crossing arrested two people in connection with separate attempted drug smuggling incidents on Tuesday, officials say.
The driver was arrested on federal smuggling charges.
Jenna Folwell, 19, put her son's body in a duffel bag in their apartment before calling police from a park Wednesday to report that a stranger abducted him, police say.
State must decide whether to follow federal tax code or adopt its own rules.
About 45 percent of the early ballots sent out in Pima County have already been returned.
Candidates we think would serve Arizona best.
Event speaker is father who has raced with disabled son in 31 Boston Marathons.
The shopping center is anchored by Albertsons, Ross Dress for Less and Ace Hardware.
New athletic director will replace Edgar Soto as football program enters final days.
Customs and Border Protection officers in Nogales arrested two people trying to smuggle a combined $812,000 worth of drugs Wednesday.
A Tucson man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle three Mexican nationals into Arizona, Border Patrol agents say.
Police say the shooting appears to be gang related.
It would help heal a wound in a site that some consider sacred.
The new appellate court ruling says Asarco must pay millions of dollars in disputed copper-price bonuses, but gives the company a new chance to appeal.
She said she will appeal the decision.
Feds are pleased at Arizona's progress toward approving a plan to leave water in Lake Mead.
Some lawmakers seeking repeal, reduction of fee, claiming they were mislead by estimates of how much it would be per vehicle.
He says the plan must equitably divide up the pain of Arizona having less water.
Could the Arizona Wildcats' NCAA Tournament fate hinge on the next three games? The Star's Bruce Pascoe breaks down UA's upcoming slate and it…
A Tucson man was arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs worth nearly $793,000 at the Port of Lukeville, officials say.
The tunnel was adjacent to the main crossing downtown Nogales, Sonora and ended under a parking lot in Arizona.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents and Mexican law enforcement found an incomplete cross-border tunnel running below both cities of Nogales.
Customs and Border Protection officers seized 254 pounds of fentanyl over the weekend at a Nogales port of entry, the largest single seizure o…