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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Three Early December 2016 Nogales Hard Drug Seizures for $565k
80 Pounds of Meth, Coke and Heroin January 27, 2017 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers started the month of December 2016 with three drug seizures at the Mariposa and DeConcini Nogales international ports of entry. The drug interdictions netted nearly 80...
A Ton of Drugs in Two November Seizures at Nogales Mariposa Port
Marijuana and Methamphetamine worth $1.86 Million January 27, 2017 After two weeks of no reported border drug seizures at Nogales international ports of entry, two Mexican commercial truck drivers were arrested during the fourth week of November 2016 in separate...
Saturday Nogales Drug Busts Intercept $1.7 Million in Hard Drugs
Major Seizures of Cocaine, Heroin and Meth January 23, 2017 Two middle-aged Mexican nationals were arrested in separate attempts to smuggle hard drugs across the Nogales international border on Saturday, January 21, as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and...
Guns and Ammo on the Nogales International Border
2017 starts with three gun-running busts in Nogales, Arizona January 22, 2017 Three arrests in early January indicate that the flow of Illegal weapons and ammunition into Mexico continues into the new year through the Nogales international border. The Arizona Daily...
Friday the 13th Bad Luck for Alleged Nogales Currency Smuggler
Officials Seize Cash at the Nogales International Border January 22, 2016 A Mexican man ran out of luck on Friday, January 13, 2017, when he was stopped at a border checkpoint and found to have a large quantity of money in his vehicle. Customs and Border Protection...
Latest State Department Mexico Travel Warning – December 2016
Nogales Travel Advisories December Warning the Third for 2016 On December 8, 2016, the U.S. Department of State issued its latest Mexico Travel Warning that includes the Sonoran cities of Nogales, Puerto Peñasco, Hermosillo, San Carlos, Ciudad Obregon, Saric,...
