Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize more than $870,000 Worth of Marijuana

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,000 pounds of narcotics in recent weeks.

In several incidents between Dec. 20 and Jan. 19, agents from Del Rio Sector seized 1,090 pounds of abandoned marijuana worth an estimated $872,000.  In all of the seizures, Border Patrol agents encountered foot sign along known narcotics smuggling trails. While walking the trails, agents encountered a total of 138 bundles.

On Jan. 20, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station were conducting immigration checkpoint operations on Highway 57 when they encountered a commercial travel van, containing several people, en route to San Antonio. During inspection, agents discovered that one of the passengers, a 23-year-old Mexican citizen, had three packages strapped to his body. The packages contained a total of 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine worth an estimated $48,000.

All cases were tuned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the South Texas Campaign, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations. So far during Fiscal Year 2014, which began Oct.1, 2013, the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector has seized more than 7,100 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $5.6 million dollars.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.