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Admitted Drug Smuggler Gets 17-Year Prison Sentence
A Mexican national who coordinated shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the San Diego area and arranged to deliver them to customers in Southern California and elsewhere was sentenced in federal court to 17 years in prison. Javier Felix Bayardo, 36, entered a guilty plea Monday in the case in federal court in San Diego in August 2018, admitting…
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Authorities: Top Mexico Official Helped Smuggle Drugs to US
U.S. authorities allege that Mexico’s former defense secretary helped a cartel smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin and other drugs into the United States in exchange for bribes
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Smuggler Busted With Thousands of Fentanyl Pills at Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they arrested a 22-year-old woman crossing the border over the weekend who had nearly 10 pounds of fentanyl pills hidden inside ordinary household objects.
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CBP, Coast Guard Seize Nearly 1,500 Pounds of Drugs Off San Diego County Coasts in 1 Day
Nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana and methamphetamine were intercepted by maritime law enforcement agents in separate incidents off the coast of San Diego County over the weekend, the agency announced on Tuesday.
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$338M Worth of Seized Cocaine Offloaded in San Diego
Cocaine worth an estimated $338 million on the black market was seized from smugglers in the Pacific Ocean over a two-month span, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine, seized between mid-November and mid-January in eastern Pacific waters, were offloaded from the Coast Guard Cutter Munro at Naval Base San Diego on Monday. Bags of…
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Driver Arrested for Smuggling Over $500,000 of Drugs with Wife, Infant Son in Car
A man driving with his wife and infant son in San Clemente was arrested after over half a million dollars’ worth of cocaine was discovered in their car, officials said. Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol approached the couple on Thursday and asked to search their vehicle, to border patrol. After the man agreed, agents found a duffel bag...
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4 Arrested on Drug Charges in Calif. After Dune Buggy Chase
Authorities arrested four men suspected in an operation to use an ultralight to fly nearly 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of methamphetamine into Southern California from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. The arrests before dawn Friday came after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detected the glider-like aircraft crossing into the U.S. from Calexico, Mexico, according to a...
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Fact Check: Trump's False Claim About Drug Smuggling
President Donald Trump flatly contradicted his officials Friday on how illicit drugs get into the U.S. and made a fanciful case that Mexico, without putting up a peso, is somehow paying for his proposed border wall.
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3 Teenagers Smuggle Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of Fentanyl: CBP
Three teenagers have been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle $143,000 worth of Fentanyl, a powerful opioid, over the U.S.-Mexico border.
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3 Teenagers Smuggle Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of Fentanyl: CBP
The total estimated street value of the drugs seized is around $427,000.
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US Border Patrol's 10 Biggest Busts of 2017
From catapults to drones, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents have seen some pretty sneaky ways accused smugglers have attempted to get illegal items — including a baby Bengal tiger — into the United States. Here are some of the biggest border busts of 2017:
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Son of ‘El Chapo' Ally Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Smuggling Charges
The son of a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel has been indicted on U.S. drug smuggling charges.
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Border Patrol Stops Suspected Drug Smuggler in Murrieta
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents arrested a man with nearly $200,000 in narcotics hidden in his car, according to San Diego CBP.
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2 San Francisco Airport Workers Charged in Smuggling Scheme
Authorities say two security screeners at San Francisco International Airport have been charged with allowing methamphetamine to be smuggled through carry-on luggage at an airport checkpoint in exchange for money.