Hand-dug smuggling cross-border tunnel discovered near Arizona

U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Arizona says this is the 126th illicit cross-border tunnel discovered in the Tucson sector. It was found by Border Patrol agents and Mexican law enforcement under the streets of Ambos Nogales.

US agents seize drugs floated through border drainage tunnel

Over 165 pounds of suspected meth was seized after smugglers tried to float it across the border from Nogales, Mexico, by roping together dozens of packages and sending them through an underground drainage tunnel into Arizona, federal officials said.

Agents arrest convicted felon near Arizona border
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An undocumented immigrant, once convicted of manslaughter was caught trying to cross the border near Nogales. He previously spent five years in prison and since then, Border Patrol agents say he has attempted to cross the border multiple times.

US starts sending asylum seekers across Arizona border

Authorities are expanding a program known as Remain in Mexico that requires tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait out their immigration court hearings in Mexico. Until this week, the government was driving some asylum seekers from Nogales, Arizona, to El Paso, Texas, so they could be returned to Juarez.

ICE: 3rd tunnel, drugs found along U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales

Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say they have found a drug tunnel along the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales.

Border Patrol finds another tunnel in Nogales, 4 arrested

The U.S. Border Patrol says it busted another cross-border tunnel after arresting a group of four migrants.

Border Patrol, Mexican police discover incomplete tunnel in Nogales

Border Patrol agents and Mexican police discovered an incomplete cross-border tunnel running underneath streets in Nogales.

Asylum seekers jam US border crossings to evade Trump policy

The migrants’ efforts are causing traffic delays at Arizona crossings because U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials had to barricade lanes used by cars legally entering the U.S. from Mexico, officials said.

CBP officers seize firearms, ammunition, meth and marijuana worth nearly $214k at Arizona border

Six people were arrested for separate alleged attempts to smuggle 321 pounds of methamphetamine and marijuana through Arizona Ports of Entry over the weekend, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and one of the cases involved a cache of loaded weapons and ammunition.

CBP: 32 people found inside refrigerated semi-truck at Nogales border

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol found dozens of people locked in a trailer trying to cross the border at Nogales, and it was a K-9 that first tipped off agents. 

CBP: Man found with 2lbs of meth hidden in the groin area

Officials with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection say a 35-year-old Tucson man is arrested, after he was found smuggling meth into the country by taping them to his lower body.

Man pleads guilty to murder in death of Arizona police officer

An Arizona man has pleaded guilty to killing a police officer in a city on the Mexico border as part of a plea deal in which prosecutors agreed to drop their push for a death sentence.

Arizona's unemployment rate unchanged at 4.9 percent

Arizona seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9 percent in June as the labor force increased by nearly 10,400 from the previous month while the state's economy lost 44,600 nonfarm jobs.

Border Patrol, Mexican police find incomplete border tunnel in Nogales

Border Patrol officials and Mexican police have discovered an incomplete cross-border tunnel underneath a Nogales parking lot. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the tunnel was found by Border Patrol International Liaison units and Mexico's federal police while they were conducting a tunnel sweep on May 29.