U.S. Customs and Border Protection

‘Dangerous’ felon captured after walking away in …

Ike Souzer is seen in a booking photo taken on March 28, 2024.

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Ex-LAPD officer caught smuggling people into U.S.

Ghost gun and LAPD badge

2 teens caught with $1.1 million of fentanyl in I.E.

Two teens were caught allegedly attempting to smuggle $1.1 million worth of fentanyl across state lines in Riverside County on Oct. 25, 2023. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

$1.2M worth of fake luxury watches seized at LAX

Over $1.2 million worth of fake luxury watches were seized at Los Angeles International Airport. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Coast Guard nabs 15 on overloaded boat off O.C. coast

Forrest Rednour, a United States Coast Guard cutter, is seen in this undated image. (USCG)

Cartels find creative ways to smuggle drugs into US

Agents used ‘unnecessary’ force against migrants

Mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021. (Felix Marquez/Associated Press)

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Centipedes, sea cucumbers seized from L.A.-area ports

SCOTUS weighs policy for migrants to wait in Mexico

A man from Nicaragua sits at a shelter for migrants Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Man charged with smuggling 1,700 reptiles into U.S.

Jose Manuel Perez allegedly tried to smuggle these reptiles in the U.S. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California)

$97 million in counterfeit sports merchandise seized …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers open boxes of counterfeit sports-themed goods the agency has recovered.(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Buyers beware: Super Bowl scammers are active before …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection demonstrated some counterfeit merchandise on Feb. 4, 2022. (KTLA)

CBP will be checking all cargo going into Sofi Stadium …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorized to …

Abandoned border wall construction material is used to close a gap in the newly constructed border wall on May 19, 2021, near Sasabe, Ariz. The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced DHS will use border funding to close wall gaps in areas of Arizona, California and Texas by border construction started by the Trump administration. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)