Border Patrol agent accused of smuggling marijuana must stay in jail

A federal agent charged with helping smuggle drugs into the U.S. has been ordered to remain in jail. 

Member of crew that ripped off drug smugglers to face sentencing

A man accused of robbing drug smugglers after they sneaked across the border into the U.S. will be sentenced next month. 

$500,000 worth of marijuana seized

Authorities in Pinal County have found hundreds of pounds of abandoned drugs in a stretch of desert along Interstate 8. 

Border Patrol agent remembered in Utah

Mourners on Thursday remembered the Border Patrol agent shot and killed last week near Bisbee at a second funeral.

Two Border Patrol agents shot, one killed near Naco

An Arizona border sheriff says two suspects may already be in custody after the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent along the Mexican border early Tuesday morning. The agent was identified by the Border Patrol Tucson Sector office as Nicholas Ivie, 30.

Yuma sector BP Agent said to have killed girlfriend, self

The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office says a U.S. Border Patrol Agent fatally shot his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself Wednesday. 

FBI sheds new light on 2010 shooting death

Yesterday federal law enforcement agents revealed more details about the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and offered a reward of $1 million for information leading to the arrest of four men accused of being involved in the murder.

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