State Department Travel Warning – January 2018

Jun 10, 2018

Nogales Travel Advisories U.S. State Department Issues January 2018 Mexico Travel Warning   January 2018 State Department Mexico Travel Warning With recommendation that travelers reconsider travel plans to Sonora The U.S. State Department issued its latest Mexico...

Mexican Man Apprehended in $105k Nogales International Border Bust

Feb 7, 2017

35 Pounds of Meth Seized with Passenger Vehicle February 7, 2017 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials stopped a suspected drug smuggler on Saturday, February 4 and seized a large amount of methamphetamine that was hidden in his vehicle. A 33-year-old Mexican...

American Senior Citizen Murdered in Nogales, Mexico

Feb 4, 2017

Video of Calle Internacional in Nogales, Mexico, where the body of American Richard Miller was found. Source: Hiram Gonzalez Machi Body Found Near Apartment with Throat Cut  Feb. 6 Update: We previously reported that his hands and feet had been cut off during the...

Three Days of Nogales Border Drug Busts Net $578k in Hard Drugs

Feb 1, 2017

120 Pounds of Coke, Meth and Heroin Seized February 1, 2017 From Friday through Sunday of last week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials stopped two U.S. citizens and one Mexican national accused of smuggling illegal hard drugs in their vehicles at the...

Late-December 2016 Nogales Busts Net $4.7 Million in Illegal Drugs

Jan 28, 2017

Major Nogales Commercial Port Busts and Vehicular Seizures January 28, 2017 From December 20 to 23, four Nogales international Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border drug interdictions resulted in seizures of 2,433 pounds of drugs valued at $4,689,000. The first...

Mid-December Nogales Drug Busts Total $923k

Jan 27, 2017

184 Pounds of Heroin, Coke, Meth and Marijuana January 27, 2017 From Sunday, December 11 to Friday, December 16, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a combined 184 pounds of drugs with a total estimated value of approximately $923,000. On December 11, CBP...