U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter April 14 - April 20, 2011

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Border Patrol agents seized over 19,274 pounds of marijuana. Agents arrested eleven criminal aliens and eight gang members. There were eleven rocking incidents.

Reported on April 14, 2011

Rio Grande Valley Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Brownsville, Texas. Records checks revealed the subject had an extensive criminal history, including prior convictions for murder and aggravated robbery in the state of Texas. The subject had also been previously removed from the United States.

Tuscon Sector – Border Patrol agents seized 966 pounds of marijuana, a stolen .45 caliber handgun, two magazines with 16 rounds of ammunition, and arrested four illegal aliens from Mexico near Shopisk, Arizona. The subjects were carrying backpacks of marijuana and attempted to abscond when agents approached. One subject was found in possession of the loaded handgun.

Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Cowlic, Arizona. Records checks revealed the subject had an extensive criminal history, including a prior conviction for unlawful restraint in the state of Illinois. The subject had also been previously removed from the United States.

Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents seized 143 pounds of marijuana and a .40 caliber handgun that were abandoned in the desert near Sasabe, Arizona.

Reported on April 15, 2011