Border Control and Customs

Flip-Flopping John McCain Is No Political Profile in Courage

Border Patrol Agent Who Said He Was "F***ed" After Being Caught Smuggling Weed Was Right, Will Go to Prison

Border Patrol Agent Aaron Anaya, who said he was "fucked" after getting caught smuggling about 147 pounds of marijuana into the United States while on the job, was more or less correct in his assessment.Anaya signed a plea agreement today that will send him to prison for five years.See also:-Border ... More >>

Inside an Arizona Drug Smuggling Gang

President Obama Talked Immigration Reform While Jan Brewer Got Stale at the Border

President Obama got some heavy applause during his bits on immigration reform during yesterday's State of the Union address, as he delivered points that were almost echoed in  Republican Senator Marco Rubio's response.Then, we read what seem to be some unintentionally hilarious accounts of Gove ... More >>

Border Patrol Agent Steals Blankets, Provisions for Migrants, Says No More Deaths

NMD video from a hidden camera dated January 8 When U.S. Border Patrol Agents are not shooting each other or unarmed teenagers, they like to destroy water jugs and steal supplies left in the desert for crossing migrants. That's the charge of the Tucson-based group No More Deaths, which has capture ... More >>

Failed Meth-Smuggling Attempt: Woman Duct-Taped Two Pounds of Meth to Her Belly

In one of the less-thought-out attempts to smuggle meth into the United States, Customs and Border protection officers busted a Washington woman with a couple pounds of meth taped to her belly.Believe it or not, an officer got suspicious when he spotted 28-year-old Laura Ivanez-Ramirez in the pedest ... More >>

Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Caught Smuggling Weed on the Job, Claims He's "F***ed"

A Border Patrol agent was allegedly caught smuggling about 147 pounds of marijuana into the United States on Sunday.According to a federal complaint, Agent Aaron Anaya didn't have much more to say than the fact he believes he's "fucked."

Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry

One of five men charged in the 2010 shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder.Three of the four other people charged in Terry's death -- which has been linked to the "Fast and Furious" operation -- are still fugitives, while another was arrest ... More >>

Monica Parra of Ajo Stopped on Way to Mexico With Guns and 66,000 Rounds of Ammo

U.S. Border Patrol agents stopped an arsenal and about 66,000 rounds of ammunition from entering Mexico through a border gate intended only for Native Americans. Monica Parra, 41, was in a red Chevy pickup on September 29 headed toward the gate at Papago Farms, on the Tohono O'Odham Nation, when bo ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Throws Another Fit After ICE Says No Thanks to Attempted MCSO Delivery

For the second time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office put out a press release to complain that Immigration and Customs Enforcement "refused" to take custody of a suspected illegal immigrant.The story from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is that the Human Smuggling Unit pulled over a car, and th ... More >>

Should Jan Brewer Gather a Fact or Two Before Directing Blame for Things?

Governor Jan Brewer said last week Arizonans should be angered at the "kind of evil" and the "federal failure" that left a Border Patrol agent dead near Bisbee.Since Brewer said that, it's been discovered that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was likely killed by friendly fire.See also:-Jan Brewer ... More >>

Sheriff Paul Babeu Babeu'd Himself, Leaps Ahead of Facts in Border Agent's Death

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's insatiable desire to stand in the limelight has once bitten him in the keister. This time, he latched on to the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie as a way to get center stage and deliver his anti-President Obama sentiments. See also: Babeu Blasted Pima ... More >>

Jan Brewer May Have Paul Babeu'd Herself -- FBI Says Border Patrol Agent Appears to Be Victim of Friendly Fire

The FBI says there are "strong preliminary indications" that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was killed by friendly fire last week near Bisbee, in an incident that also landed another agent in the hospital.Thus, it appears that Governor Jan Brewer "Paul Babeu'd" herself, by handing out political b ... More >>

Jan Brewer Comments on Border Patrol Agent's Death by Going After Feds, Obama

You probably could've seen this coming, but Governor Jan Brewer just couldn't issue a comment on the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie without mentioning President Obama or his administration.While most public officials remained cordial with their remarks (for example, Attorney Gener ... More >>

Cody Slaughter Was So Honest During His Job Interview That He Admitted to Molesting a Toddler and Having Sex With Animals

Cody Slaughter seems like a pretty honest guy, as he offered up some personal information about his personal history in a job interview last week.Slaughter may have been a little too honest during his interview with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as the cops say he admitted to the agency that h ... More >>

Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff

Sylvia Allen Responds to Raul Grijalva's Dislike of "Arizona Guard" With Cartel Accusation

Wikimedia CommonsState Senator Sylvia Allen has an opinion.​Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva released a statement about State Senator Sylvia Allen's bill to create a volunteer militia to guard the border, and as you can imagine, he's not too hip to the idea."This legislation is not just silly ... More >>

Border Agent, Corrections Officer Charged With Helping Traffickers Smuggle Drugs Into U.S.

​A U.S. Border Patrol agent and a corrections officer with the Arizona Department of Correction were arrested yesterday on charges that they helped a drug trafficking organization (DTO) smuggle drugs into the United States.Ivhan Herrera-Chiang, 29, a U.S. Border Patrol agent stationed in Yuma, and ... More >>

Border Patrol Agent Charged With Accepting Bribe to Allow Contraband-Filled Truck to Pass Through Checkpoint

www.funnyshirtshack.com​For the second time this month, a federal agent in Arizona has been charged with a corruption-based crime.The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that U.S. Border Patrol agent Abel Canales has been indicted for accepting a bribe to allow a U-Haul truck he thought was fil ... More >>

MCSO Busts Border Patrol Agent With Oxycodone and Fake Weed

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's Human Smuggling Unit arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent last night as he was allegedly speeding down State Route 85 in possession of oxycodone and fake marijuana.According to the MCSO, the HSU was patrolling a known drug-smuggling route when they bumped int ... More >>

Border Agents Killed in Train Wreck Identified. Drugs Found on Group Sought by Agents -- AG Tom Horne Apparently Did Know Something Border Patrol Didn't

Border Patrol Agents Eduardo Rojas and Hector Clark​The identities of the two Border Patrol agents killed this morning when their SUV collided with a train have been released. In addition to the release of the agents' identities, it turns out Attorney General Tom Horne was right -- members o ... More >>

Iowa Senator Says Justice Department Policy May Have Led to Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's Shooting Death

Brian Terry was shot and killed in southeastern Arizona on December 14. ​Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley accuses the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives of instructing Arizona gun dealers to sell firearms that eventually landed in the hands of Mexican drug cartels -- a stra ... More >>

University of Arizona Mock Border Fence Kinda Decries U.S.-Mexico Border Fence

Photo by Hisham Yousif​When the near-1,000 foot fence went up in the middle of the University of Arizona campus Monday, it seemed like an obvious message for a campus about an hour's drive from the Mexican border -- a cry against the U.S. immigration policy. That's not exactly the case, as photos ... More >>

Lines and Shadows

Drug Smugglers Turn to Weed-Firing Catapult

KVOASmugglers tried to use this catapult to launch weed over the border on Friday night.​Drug smugglers trying to get weed across the U.S./Mexico border are getting even more creative than simply loading watermelon trucks with marijuana -- National Guard troops found a catapult a drug cartel's usi ... More >>

Book Glamorizing Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert

www.funnypicturesofanything.com​Department of Homeland Security officials confirm that a book glamorizing suicide bombers was found in the Arizona desert earlier this week. The book, "In Memory of Our Martyrs," was found Tuesday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Casa Grande substation who wa ... More >>

A Drop in the Bucket: Border Agents Find Nearly 300 Pounds of Weed in Truck at Highway Checkpoint

www.mrtees.com​Another day, another several-hundred pounds of weed discovered near the U.S./ Mexico border.Border agents near Tucson stopped a truck at a checkpoint on Arizona Highway 86 earlier this week and found nearly 300 pounds of weed hidden in a compartment.Arizona Highway 86 runs parallel ... More >>

Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry: Fifth Suspect in Agent's Murder Still On The Loose

Border Patrol Brian A. Terry died in a gunbattle with desert bandits​U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was in the desert canyons of southeastern Arizona on Tuesday hunting down bajadores, or bandits, who lurk in the shadows and prey on the illegal border-crossers.Terry, 40, was shot and kill ... More >>

76-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Smuggling Cocaine

www.bloodyelbow.com​Typically, senior citizens don't draw too much suspicion from law enforcement, so we're a little shocked to learn that a 76-year-old Mexican woman was arrested for smuggling more than $125,000 worth of cocaine across the U.S./ Mexico border earlier this week.According to offici ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Not the Only Arizona Cop Enforcing Immigration Law

This disturbing video comes to us from Pan Left Productions, and purports to show a woman being turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol after a traffic stop by the Tucson Police Department. I've put in a call to the TPD, but have yet to receive a call back. On its face, the video shows that what happ ... More >>

Nearly 750 Pounds of Weed Found Abandoned in Desert

www.duxieclothing.com​It's been over a week since we last got news from Border Patrol agents about some enormous amount of weed being found in the Arizona desert. Frankly, we were beginning to think the drug cartels were calling it quits -- then Friday happened. Border a ... More >>

Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher

Radical Resistance: The Bird Lauds One of the Bolder Acts of Civil Disobedience Arizona's Seen Recently

Arizona Border Patrol Agents Seize 3,000 Pounds of Weed in Three Days Without Making Single Arrest

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Willie Nelson's wet dream.​ Border Patrol agents from the Ajo Station seized more weed in the last three days than you could probably smoke in a lifetime.In the last 72 hours, agents seized 3,000 pounds of weed, in three separate incidents, near the U.S./ ... More >>

Morning Poll -- Marijuana: Any Harder to Find After Border Patrol Seized More Than 622,000 Pounds in Five Months?

www.bongsbay.com​U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced yesterday that in the period between October 1, 2009, to April 31, of this year it's seized more than 622,000 pounds of weed. That was only in the Tucson sector. With Border Patrol agents seemingly waging war on weed -- inc ... More >>

U.S. Border Patrol Nabs More Than 1,600 Pounds of Weed in One Weekend

www.pollsb.com​U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona have been pretty busy in their war-against-weed, nabbing more than 1,600 pounds of the icky in three separate busts last weekend.The first of the weekend's three big busts happened Friday afternoon when agents working at a checkpoint on Hig ... More >>

Green Cards Officially Green Again and Apparently Better Than Ever, Feds Say

www.immspec.com​The Department of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is changing the U.S. permanent-resident card, a.k.a. the "Green Card." Not only will it actually be green again, but it's got new security features to deter things like immigration fraud (which, if you hadn't noticed ... More >>

More Than $700,000 Worth of Marijuana Found Stuffed in Matress at Border

www.uppermichiganssource.com​U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a furniture truck at the Arizona/ Mexico border and, as luck should have it, the rig was hauling more than just furniture.Officers found about 330 pounds of weed stashed in a mattress in the back of the truck as ... More >>

Borderline Personality

Blane De St. Croix stands on both sides of the fence

Arizona Pot Seizures at All Time High

​Pot is one hot commodity this year -- at least, judging by the insanely large loads the U.S. Border Patrol have seized this summer. During the month of July alone, Tucson seized more than 100,000 pounds of pot -- bringing the total poundage to 1,065,325 this year. That's well above the 722,0 ... More >>

Obama: Country Needs to Boost Border Security and "Clarify" Status of Millions of Illegal Immigrants

President Obama seemed to express support for major immigration reform during a speech at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. this morning, promising better border security and a form of amnesty for illegal immigrants. Obama says, "we're taking steps to strengthen ... More >>

"TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Arrested in California; Was On Run from Maricopa Charges

The founder of the call-girl-finding Web site, www.theeroticreview.com, David Elms, has been arrested in California after two months on the lam from Maricopa County criminal charges. Phoenix police say Elms: ...was arrested today south of San Diego while trying to cross the border from Mexico into ... More >>

Border Patrol Agents Who Blew Whistle on Suspicionless Stops Reinstated to Jobs

Two whistle-blowing Tucson sector Border Patrol agents got their jobs back last week thanks to efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union.After Juan Curbelo and William Leafstone revealed the practice of "shotgunning" in the Border Patrol, in which vehicles were pulled over despite the lack of a ... More >>

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 20, 2008

Border Patrol checkpoints near Yuma nab hordes of pot users headed back from the beach

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 30, 2006

Minuteman of the Hour

One nation, under Simcox

Care Tactics

U.S. Border Patrol shoots down an agent's request to be near his ailing mother

Phoenix or Busted

The Valley is now the prime way station for ruthless smugglers engaged in the lucrative trafficking of human cargo -- illegal immigrants

La Vida Roca

Some would-be illegals get turned back, then turn to crack