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May 10, 2025
Crime
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Border Patrol Thwarts Attempt to Smuggle Fentanyl Inside Woman’s Body.

PULSE POINTS:

❓What Happened: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 113 grams of fentanyl at the Paso Del Norte crossing in El Paso.

👥 Who’s Involved: A 40-year-old female with U.S. citizenship was arrested. CBP officers, along with Homeland Security Investigations agents, were involved.

📍 Where & When: The incident occurred at the Paso Del Norte international crossing in El Paso on May 7.

💬 Key Quote: “This is an exceptionally dangerous practice and could be lethal if the packaging were to fail during transport,” said CBP El Paso Port Director Ray Provencio.

⚠️ Impact: The woman faces federal charges for attempting to smuggle drugs internally, highlighting the risks associated with such activities.

IN FULL:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Paso Del Norte international crossing in El Paso intercepted 113 grams of fentanyl concealed within a 40-year-old woman’s body on May 7. The woman, a pedestrian border crosser with U.S. citizenship, was found with the drugs hidden within her, a method deemed highly dangerous by officials.

CBP officers selected the woman for a secondary inspection just before 3 AM. During this examination, she confessed to having a foreign object concealed inside her body. Subsequently, she was taken to a medical facility, where medical staff confirmed and removed the internally concealed package filled with fentanyl. A follow-up examination revealed no further anomalies.

“This is an exceptionally dangerous practice and could be lethal if the packaging were to fail during transport,” stated CBP El Paso Port Director Ray Provencio. He emphasized the risks associated with such smuggling methods, advising against engaging in any form of smuggling activity.

After the medical procedure, the woman was returned to the port of entry, where she was arrested and handed over to Homeland Security Investigations special agents. She now faces federal charges related to the failed smuggling attempt.

The incident underscores the ongoing attempts by gangs and criminal organisations to smuggle fentanyl into the United States. While President Trump’s border policies have reduced illegal migration by over 90 percent on the southern border, issues still remain with illegal smuggling.

Fentanyl, one of the deadliest drugs on the planet, can kill in small doses. One fentanyl shipment caught by CBP agents last year saw four million pills of fentanyl seized, enough to kill 250 million Americans.

Last month, Republicans introduced legislation that would charge fentanyl dealers with felony murder if their distribution of the drug results in deaths.

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November 14, 2023
Jake Welch
Immigration

LEAKED INTEL: Taliban Controlling EU Border Migrant Gangs.

The Taliban‘s secret service has taken “direct control” of migrant trafficking gang operations just outside the European Union’s southern border with Serbia, according to a leaked Hungarian intelligence document.

The report, recently leaked to a Hungarian newspaper, explains how Vojvodina, the northernmost region of Serbia, has seen an uptick in gang violence in recent years as human trafficking organizations vie for control over the increasingly lucrative smuggling business in the area. It notes the almost daily occurrence of shootouts between trafficking gangs, which often spills over into violence directed towards both Serbian and Hungarian authorities, leaving the local population in a state of fear.

The report states that a large number of the gangs are led by Afghani nationals, which has made it easy for the Haqqani network, one of the Taliban’s most militant factions, to assume control of their operations and “use the enormous income coming from human trafficking as its own revenue, even to finance terrorism.”

The Hungarian government highlights how the Taliban’s extensive international networks enable its fighters to secure passports and travel to Serbia via Tajikistan and Russia, where they assist in up to 1,200 illegal border crossings every evening at a cost of €1000 ($1,070) per person.

“In the north of Serbia, near the Hungarian border, we have practically a de facto ‘state’ of immigrant bandits that nobody controls, except their criminal bosses… The situation is very serious—murders, rapes, and clashes between bands of migrants in the north of Serbia became a regular thing,” states Andrej Mitic, the International Secretary of the Serbian Movement Dveri party.

The Serbian authorities have attempted to clamp down on the network, arresting over 4,500 migrants in the area over the past two weeks. The police seized assault rifles, handguns, over 1,500 rounds of various calibres, and hundreds of foreign passports, among other things.

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The Taliban's secret service has taken "direct control" of migrant trafficking gang operations just outside the European Union's southern border with Serbia, according to a leaked Hungarian intelligence document. show more