Nogales Border News
Selected News from the Planet of Nogales
Nogales Border News
News items of interest from the border city of Nogales, Sonora and the border town of Nogales, Arizona.
Lots of things happen on the Nogales international border, from the massive border drug busts to local stories of interest on both sides of the border. And if you are thinking about making a visit to Nogales, you should review the latest information about what is happening in the area.
We don’t cover the information of interest only to citizens of the local community, our perspective will be broader and deeper – what are border trends, what are the potential implications of events that happen here, how does what happens in Nogales have an impact on other border areas and the two countries as a whole.
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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...
Haitians Wait Patiently at the Nogales Border
Video of Haitian Refugees by Meganoticias con Loredmy Argüelles Español As Many As 40,000 Haitians May Be Traveling to the U.S....
