Protests Grow in Nogales: Shots Fired at the Border

Video of border protests posted by Hiram Gonzalez Machi Anger Erupts in Nogales, Mexico  January 8, 2017 A video of Nogales, Mexico police firing in the direction of border protesters this afternoon has gone viral on Facebook. Sunday marked the fifth day of border...

Busy First Week of November 2016 for Nogales CBP Officers

Seven busts yield more than $1 million in meth and cocaine November 13, 2016 From November 1 to November 7, 2016, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials intercepted approximately 170 pounds of hard drugs valued at $1.05 million and arrested three Arizona women,...

Summary Info for $3.2 Million in October Nogales Drug Seizures

Seizure values increased over August and September totals November 2, 2016 United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers kept more than $3.2 million worth of illegal hard drugs off of America’s streets in October 2016 by finding and seizing them at the...

Halloween Nogales Drug Bust Closes Month with a $266k Seizure

Hard drugs found in vehicle of Sonoran man November 1, 2016 A 34-year-old man from the town of Altar, Sonora attempted to cross the Nogales international border at the DeConcini Port of Entry on October 31. He was not successful. After arriving at the initial...

Two Americans Busted in Separate Nogales Meth Smuggling Attempts

62-year-old Man Caught with Meth in His Tortillas November 1, 2016 A Nogales border pedestrian drug bust on Friday and a vehicle drug bust on Saturday yielded a confiscated total of 29 pounds of methamphetamine valued at $87,000 in late-October 2016 smuggling...

Two Wednesday Nogales Border Seizures Net $650k in Hard Drugs

October 26 seizures of cocaine, meth and heroin October 28, 2016 A woman from California and a man from Nogales, Sonora both failed in separate attempts to transport a total of $649,000 worth of hard drugs across the Nogales international border on October 26. A visit...