AZMEX UPDATE 22 JUL 2013
Note: busy Monday on the AZMEX line.
Cash hidden in laundry soap seized at Nogales crossing
Customs and Border Protection
A California woman was arrested Saturday for trying to smuggle $100,000 in cash into Mexico in a laundry detergent box, officials said.
37 minutes ago • Arizona Daily Star
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A California woman was arrested Saturday for trying to smuggle $100,000 in cash into Mexico in a laundry detergent box, officials said.
Customs and Border Protection officers at the Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales were conducting outbound inspections and selected a Honda sedan, driven by Blanca Gabriela Medina, 29, of El Monte, Calif., for an additional inspection.
Officers searched the vehicle and found 10 packages of cash hidden in a box of Gain detergent, the agency said in a news release.
The vehicle and cash were processed for seizure. Medina was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
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4 arrested at Douglas port in smuggling attempts
1 hour ago • Arizona Daily Star
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Four Phoenix area residents were arrested for attempting to smuggle more than $52,000 worth of marijuana through the Douglar port of entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Friday sent a 27-year-old Phoenix woman for an additional inspection of her Chevrolet truck. Officers searching the vehicle found 77 pounds of marijuana hidden in the quarter panels.
On Saturday, officers arrested a Phoenix man and his two female passengers after a CBP dog alerted to the back seat of a Chevrolet sedan containing 27 packages of marijuana weighing nearly 28 pounds.
All four people were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations. The drugs and vehicles were seized.
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Teen migrant dies in desert near Sells
3 hours ago • Associated Press
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A young man from Mexico is dead after a group of border crossers got lost in the Arizona desert, the U.S. Border Patrol says.
The 18-year-old was among nine immigrants from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, according to the Border Patrol.
A member of the group called 911 Thursday, saying they were lost after a smuggler abandoned them. He said the 18-year-old had died after being in distress because of heat and insufficient water, the Border Patrol says.
A search began, and a Border Patrol plane spotted the group near Sells four hours later.
The cause of death is under investigation and the other immigrants were to be returned to Mexico, the agency said.
The Border Patrol isn't releasing the dead man's identity, spokesman Jeremy Copeland says.
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'Dreamers' cross Nogales border in test of federal policy
Photo by Perla Trevizo, Arizona Daily Star
"Dreamers" from across the United States arrived at Morley Gate,the Pedestrian crossing in Nogales, Sonora, this morning wearing caps and gowns and looking for entry into the United States.
42 minutes ago • Perla Trevizo Arizona Daily Star
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NOGALES — Nine "dreamers" from across the United States arrived at Morley Gate,the Pedestrian crossing in Nogales, Sonora, this morning wearing caps and gowns and looking for entry into the United States.
The group, made up of undocumented men and women who had left the country or had been deported, carried documents asking for humanitarian parole, or, if that was denied, requests for asylum.
Supporters chanted "bring them home" and "undocumented, unafraid" as group members crossed one by one in Arizona and were detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.
"They are eight courageous dreamers knocking on the door of the U.S. asking to come home," said Margo Cowan, a Tucson attorney representing the group.
A ninth person, Rosie Rojas, from Tucson, joined the group at the last minute.
The National Immigrant Youth Alliance, which organized the crossing, is asking the Obama administration to grant discretion and allow the group to return to the United States.
Department of Homeland Security prosecutors are looking at the case.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said they could not comment on specific cases but under immigration law all applicants for admission bear the burden of proof to establish they are eligible to enter the country.
Read more in tomorrow's Star
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