October 2006 News Releases - October 30 CBP releases outstanding 2006 results - Targeted operations, increases in staffing, additional infrastructure, better technology, support of President and Congress equip frontline personnel better than at any time in history - October 30 CBP Launches SENTRI Program Improvements - Five-Year Membership Extension and New Online Application System Announced - October 30 Aduanas Introduce Mejoras al Programa SENTRI - Se anuncia extensin de afiliacin a 5 aos y nuevo sistema de solicitud por Internet - October 30 CBP Deploys Newest Unmanned Aircraft - MQ-9 Predator B Will Support Border Security Operations Along Arizona-Mexico Border - October 30 CBP Border Patrol Nabs Sex Offender - Wanted Criminal Turned Over to Mexican Authorities - October 30 More Than $1 Million in Cocaine Seized by CBP Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico - October 27 CBP Border Patrol Agents Foil Drug Smugglers - Two Detained, 730 Pounds of Marijuana Seized - October 27 CBP Border Patrol Captures Violent Aliens - Known criminals, L.A. gangsters nabbed - October 27 CBP Officers Apprehend 39 Fugitives Including Man Wanted on Homicide Charge, Female Sought for Child Pornography and Murder Attempt - October 27 CBP Border Patrol Captures Violent Aliens - Known Criminals, L.A. Gangsters Nabbed - October 27 CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than 1,500 Pounds of Marijuana - October 27 Mandatory Filing of Truck E-Manifest to Begin in Washington, Arizona and North Dakota - October 27 Ser Obligatorio El Envo Electrnico Del Manifiesto De Carga De Camiones En Washington, Arizona y Dakota Del Norte - October 26 Majority of Visa Waiver Countries Meet Security Upgrade to EPassports - Countries to Issue Modernized Travel Documents to Help Stop Fraud - October 24 CBP Border Patrol Seizes More than Four Thousand Pounds of Marijuana - October 23 Tucson ACE Conference Will Feature CBP Commissioner Basham - October 19 CBP Border Patrol Agents Rescue Aliens from Train - October 19 CBP Border Patrol Checkpoint Seizes Arsenal of Weapons - October 19 CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize 418 Pounds of Marijuana - Ancient art of tracking and use of CBP canine assist in seizure - October 19 CBP Officers Intercept $1.8 Million of Drugs at Calexico Port - Over 5,000 Pounds - October 19 Registration Opens November 1st for CBP Trade Symposium - October 17 CBP Border Patrol Thwarts Brazen Drug, Human Smuggling Attempt - 37 illegal aliens arrested, 850 pounds of Marijuana seized - October 17 CBP Border Patrol Agents Derail Smugglers Plans - Two-week long special operation nets 57 arrests at transit hubs - October 17 CBP Border Patrol agents seize more than 50 pounds of cocaine - Two smugglers arrested on Highway 78 - October 17 DHS Proposes To Expand The Use Of Vicinity RFID In Implementing Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative - Radio Frequency Technology Will Be Deployed to Strengthen Border Security by Reading PASSport Cards at U.S. Borders - October 17 CBP Border Patrol Seizes More Than a Ton of Marijuana - October 16 CBP and Agriculture Importations - October 16 Smuggler Flees Accident Scene - CBP Border Patrol Agents render aid to accident victims - October 16 CBP Border Patrol Agents Arrest 8 Surenos 13 Gang Members - October 16 Border Patrol Agents in Las Cruces Seize Half Million in Cocaine - October 16 CBP Launches Third Northern Border Air Branch - Fleet Includes State-Of-The-Art Surveillance Aircraft to Increase Border Security - October 13 CBP Air Disrupts Drug Smuggling Attempt and Border Patrol Canine Sniffs Out Fishy Load - Odor of catfish doesnt deter nose of CBP canine - October 12 CBP Border Patrol Intercepts Nearly $1 Million in Marijuana - October 10 CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize 2,100 Pounds of Marijuana - October 10 Border Patrol Agents Rescue 17 People Sealed in U-HAUL Truck - October 10 CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than 1,800 Pounds of Marijuana - Agents seize marijuana concealed in dump truck - October 10 CBP Completes Truck Cargo Processing Technology in New York - All NY land border ports are now processing cargo using ACE - October 06 Border Patrol Agents in Alamogordo Seize $1/2 Million in Heroin - El Paso Sector Records Its Largest Heroin Seizure in Two Years - October 06 Fugitive With Undocumented Migrants Attempts to Evade Capture at San Ysidro Port - Runs Vehicle Over Motorcycle Before Being Apprehended - October 05 Almost 6,000 Pounds of Drugs Intercepted at Calexico Ports - Street Value More Than $5 Million - October 04 Port of Calexico to Implement Improved Traffic Management Strategies - October 04 83-Year Old Woman and Two Others Enter San Ysidro Border with Meth - October 04 CBP Border Patrol Agents in Lordsburg Seize More Than $1 Million Worth of Marijuana - First major seizure of the new fiscal year recorded in southern New Mexico - October 04 El Paso Sector Border Patrol Swears in First Training Class of Fiscal Year - Latest agents are part of presidential mandate calling for 6,000 agents - October 03 National Guard Assists CBP Border Patrol in Seizing Sailing Vessel - October 03 CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than 1,100 Pounds of Pot - October 03 CBP Border Patrol Makes First Rescue of The Fiscal Year in El Paso - October 03 Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sexual Assault Suspect - October 03 CBP Officers Intercept Drugs, Undocumented Migrants, and Finches at Calexico Ports Over Weekend - October 03 CBP Seizes Large Quantity of Narcotics at Area Ports of Entry - September 29 Container Security Initiative Reaches Gold: Fifty Seaports Now Targeting and Pre-Screening Cargo Destined For U.S. - October 02 CBP Border Patrol Agents Rescue Two Locked in Car Trunk - October 02 CBP Border Patrol Agents Snag Another Wanted Felon; Stop More Narcotics From Entering The Border Community - October 02 Border Patrols BORSTAR Agents Drop In for Graduation Back to Index