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Four tons of marijuana seized by CBP and ICE agents near Douglas Monday.

Federal officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized more than four tons of marijuana worth more than $4 million near Douglas on Monday and arrested four men. Read more»

Over the weekend, Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector aided three men lost in the desert, bringing the total number of rescued people to 293 since October through the end of May.

Border Patrol agents rescued three men from the Arizona desert in three separate incidents over the weekend, authorities said. Read more»

Citing problems with the use of 'roving patrols' by the U.S. Border Patrol and repeated trespassing on private property, the ACLU has filed a formal complaint against the agency.

Citing problems with the use of "roving patrols" by the Border Patrol and repeated trespassing on private property, the ACLU has filed a formal complaint against the agency on behalf of a Southern Arizona woman. Read more»

Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection simulate a rescue during a demonstration in April. On May 5, agents with BORSTAR and a helicopter crew with the Office of Air and Marine rescued a Mexican man who called 911 after suffering a fall in the Baboquivari mountains.

Border Patrol agents, with help from an Arizona National Guard helicopter crew, rescued a Mexican man injured from a fall in the Baboquivari mountains Thursday, according to a release from CBP. Read more»

A Ford Explorer pursued by agents that contained 721 pounds of marijuana. Agents arrested two men when they tried to flee the vehicle.

Border Patrol agents and aircrews with the Office of Air and Marine netted more than 1,600 pounds of marijuana worth around $810,000 in two seizures near Ajo a week ago, authorities said. Read more»

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a woman traveling with a 6-year-old girl after CBP said they found 10 bricks of marijuana stuffed into the front bumper of the vehicle she was driving. Read more»