U.S. Customs and Border Protection has begun requiring trucks using ports of entry in South Texas to display the QR code of their cargo manifests on windshields.
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Texas officials have reduced state-run inspections of tractor-trailers arriving from Mexico at two border crossings.
Wait times of eight hours are being blamed on state-run inspections of commercial trucks arriving from Mexico in South Texas.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new border plan Wednesday to inspect all commercial vehicles at the border for undocumented migrants.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they found a loaded gun and meth in an American trucker’s cab during an inspection at the Ambassador Bridge U.S.-Canada border crossing.
Descartes has acquired NetCHB, a customs filing technology provider that specializes in e-commerce border trade.
Rene Garcia was arrested in May 2021 while attempting to drive a truck hiding 51 migrants through a Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas.
New vaccination requirements are coming for cross-border drivers, cargo thieves strike again and again, and Amazon takes on UPS and FedEx.
U.S. border officials handle regulated garbage and quarantine materials in order to prevent foreign pests and diseases from entering the country.
The Port of Del Rio has been closed since Friday night, with both commercial and passenger traffic being diverted 57 miles east to the Eagle Pass port of entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection discovered several hundred grams of methamphetamine hidden inside peanuts at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador put the army in charge of customs at border crossings and seaports across the country last year.
The technology upgrades at 12 points of entry along the borders of Canada and Mexico will enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection to inspect rail cargo more quickly and securely, according to CBP.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized methamphetamine and illegal chicken lollipop pet treats in separate enforcement actions in Texas.
Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved in a crash Tuesday near Holtville, California, that killed more than a dozen people.
CBP seized the Hong Kong-bound corn flakes frosted with cocaine at an express consignment facility near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Agents occasionally find the green coca plant leaves during searches but rarely find green powder cocaine, authorities said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine worth more than $2.8 million in separate incidents in Texas, authorities said.
Everything from shipments of tomatoes, avocados, jalapenos and broccoli, to loads of electronic equipment were used in attempted smuggling cases at the Mexico border.
“The upsurge of methamphetamine trafficking has become a serious international health and security threat,” said Laredo Port Director Andrew Douglas.
CBP officers at Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge discover a massive quantity of methamphetamine in a truckload of onions.
Truck driver charged with attempting to smuggle $20 million of marijuana from Canada to the U.S. told investigators he didn’t know about the drugs in his trailer, court document shows.
