customs and border protection

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.

The CDC’s new requirements for canine border crossings went into effect Aug. 1 in efforts to prevent dog rabies into the U.S. NBC 7 and T20’s Sergio Flores has more. 

New CDC rules went into effect Aug. 1 for bringing dogs into the U.S.

A federal judge in California has awarded a family $1.5 million after ruling U.S. Customs and Border Protection violated the rights of a 9-year-old girl and her brother who were falsely imprisoned while trying to cross into the U.S.

A federal judge awards a family more than a million dollars, after ruling Customs and Border Protection violated the rights of a little girl and her brother.  NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has the story.

A CBP officer has been convicted of taking bribes to allow drugs and migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was convicted in San Diego federal court this week of taking bribes to allow drug-laden vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border.