customs and border protection

ICE operations that have happened across San Diego within the last week have stirred concern among many street vendors and workers in the food industry. NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada has the story. 

Customs and Border Protection’s San Diego Sector is experiencing a dramatic shift in its mission due to far fewer asylum seekers and undocumented migrant crossings.

When his handler noticed the German Shepherd’s behavior was declining, an agent radioed air and marine operations to airlift Boo to an animal hospital in La Mesa, reports NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada.

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol dog is recovering after a rattlesnake bit him while on duty last Friday, but it is the life-saving efforts that has people talking.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations helicopter helped take “Boo” to an emergency hospital in La Mesa, where he was given anti-venom.

A San Diego-based CBP officer is facing federal charges for allegedly allowing vehicles containing undocumented migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Rodney Scott is the former head of the Border Patrol in San Diego, reports NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer.

Liquid methamphetamine hidden in a dozen plastic bottles labeled as dog shampoo was seized this month at Los Angeles International Airport. The April 1 seizure was made by Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to LAX’s Outbound Enforcement Team. More than 17 pounds of liquid methamphetamine was found in the bottles destined for Australia, the CBP said. The shipment was...

Over 1,000 fake firearms and suppressors seized at LAX in 2025.

Two German citizens have been held for weeks at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego after trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico on tourist visas, according to their friends and family, who say they don’t understand why they’re being detained and want them released.

Two German citizens were detained in San Diego after trying to cross back into the U.S. in two completely separate incidents. Their family and friends have been desperate for answers. NBC 7’s Shelby Bremer reports.

Over three dozen live beetles concealed inside packages of Japanese snacks were discovered by US Customs and Border Protection at the Los Angeles International Airport last month. 

Nine people were indicted in a smuggling operation from China into the United States through the LA-Long Beach port complex,

Agent Jeffrey Kanas was killed when the helicopter crashed near Potrero on Dec. 16, 2024.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection publicly identified the agent who died in a helicopter crash near Potrero earlier this week.

One CBP Air Interdiction Agent, who was the pilot and sole person aboard the aircraft, was killed in the crash, CBP said. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes was live near the crash site with more.

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station arrested an alleged member of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) who entered the country illegally along with a group of people, officials announced last week.

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer convicted of taking bribes to allow drug-laden vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced to over 23 years in prison.

Joshua Durazo and his family were returning home from a funeral in Mexico on Aug. 29 when officers drew their weapons.

The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. after the CBP officer saw the man walking on a road in a restricted area, according to investigators.