Tag: Customs and Border Protection

Sexual assault suspect nabbed at International Bridge

NEWS Staff Report BROWNSVILLE – A man was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge on Sunday, April 27 for an incident that occurred in San Benito. According to the CBP, agents apprehended 42-year-old Onorio Ramos on an active arrest warrant for sexual assault from San Benito. …

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Ramirez makes coloring book for CBP

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com What started out as a distraction from schoolwork has turned into a nationally-recognized talent. Robert Ramirez, a 1987 graduate of San Benito High School, offered his abilities to “doodle” to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, his employer, to illustrate a nationally-distributed coloring book called “Hunter Goes To …

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$1.6 million in coke seized

Special to the NEWS LOS INDIOS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Los Indios International Bridge of the Brownsville Port of Entry on Saturday discovered cocaine valued at approximately $1,568,000 hidden within a Ford Edge. “This large load of alleged cocaine was intercepted by our CBP officers using the training and …

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