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Over 1,000 fake firearms and suppressors seized at LAX in 2025.

Two German citizens have been held for weeks at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego after trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico on tourist visas, according to their friends and family, who say they don’t understand why they’re being detained and want them released.

Two German citizens were detained in San Diego after trying to cross back into the U.S. in two completely separate incidents. Their family and friends have been desperate for answers. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer reports.

Over three dozen live beetles concealed inside packages of Japanese snacks were discovered by US Customs and Border Protection at the Los Angeles International Airport last month. 

Nine people were indicted in a smuggling operation from China into the United States through the LA-Long Beach port complex,

Agent Jeffrey Kanas was killed when the helicopter crashed near Potrero on Dec. 16, 2024.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection publicly identified the agent who died in a helicopter crash near Potrero earlier this week.

One CBP Air Interdiction Agent, who was the pilot and sole person aboard the aircraft, was killed in the crash, CBP said. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes was live near the crash site with more.

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station arrested an alleged member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) who entered the country illegally along with a group of people, officials announced last week.

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer convicted of taking bribes to allow drug-laden vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced to over 23 years in prison.

Joshua Durazo and his family were returning home from a funeral in Mexico on Aug. 29 when officers drew their weapons.

The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. after the CBP officer saw the man walking on a road in a restricted area, according to investigators.

The shooting happened at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility on Sept. 18, 2024.

San Diego police are investigating after a Customs and Border Protection officer shot a man at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry on Wednesday morning.

Customs and Border Protection has not responded to requests for information on this incident, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

Several questions remain unanswered days after Customs and Border Protection agents drew their weapons in detaining a San Diego family at the border, in what the family said was a case of mistaken identity.

There is new reaction to a story about a local family that was held at gunpoint by border agents. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer has more from a civil rights attorney and those asking about accountability.

Cell phone video shows border agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry with their guns drawn on a family returning home from a funeral in Mexico Thursday, in what the family said was a case of mistaken identity as the agents searched for someone with a common name.

NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer spoke with the family about the traumatic experience.

More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine were found hidden in shipments of celery and watermelon during two separate incidents in Otay Mesa near the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced this week.