TEMECULA, Calif. - Border Patrol seized 76 pounds of cocaine at checkpoint.

Border Patrol Nets $1.2M Cocaine Seizure

Release Date: 

April 22, 2016

 — Border Patrol agents seized more than 76 pounds of cocaine after conducting a vehicle stop on Wednesday near the Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 15 in Temecula.  

At about 3:15 p.m., agents pulled over the driver of a 2005 Honda Accord.  As the agents interviewed the 50-year-old male driver of the vehicle, a Border Patrol K-9 conducted a search of the vehicle’s exterior and alerted agents for the possible presence of contraband. 

After the agents received the alert, the driver agents searched the vehicle and discovered 30 bundles of cocaine that was concealed in a false compartment built into the vehicle’s back seat. 

In total, the bundles contained 76.07 pounds of cocaine, which had an estimated street value of $1,217,120. 

Richard A. Barlow, Chief Patrol Agent of the San Diego Sector said, “This result illustrates how the U.S. Border Patrol aggressively targets illicit activity not only at the border, but also along major corridors of egress.”

The suspected smuggler was arrested and turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the narcotics.  The Honda Accord was seized by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Since October 1, 2015, Border Patrol agents in San Diego Sector have intercepted 598.42 pounds of cocaine. 

To prevent the illicit smuggling of humans, drugs, and other contraband, the U.S. Border Patrol maintains a high level of vigilance in corridors of egress away from our Nation’s borders.  To report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol, contact San Diego Sector at (619) 498-9900.

Tucson Az. 2 men try to smuggle 100 pounds of cocaine and meth into U.S

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two Mexican nationals and a Honduran national for attempting to smuggle 100 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine through the Port of Nogales on April 20.

Officers at the Mariposa crossing referred a 44-year-old Mexican national for further inspection of his Volkswagen and found nearly 20 pounds of cocaine, worth almost $223,000, in the rear speaker area.

At about the same time, officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing referred a 66-year-old Honduran driver for an additional search of her Pontiac sedan. Officers removed a combination of meth and cocaine from the vehicle’s rear door panel. The haul consisted of nearly 24 pounds of cocaine and more than 40 pounds of meth. Combined, the drugs are valued at more than $390,000.

Later in the day, officers at the Mariposa crossing arrested a 25-year-old Mexican national after a CBP narcotics canine alerted to the presence of drugs within his vehicle’s drive shaft. Officers found nearly 16 pounds of cocaine worth almost $180,000.

CBP officers seized the drugs and vehicles, and turned the subjects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Attorney Kidnapped in Northern Colombia

BOGOTA – A 25-year-old attorney was kidnapped by unidentified individuals in Norte de Santander, a Colombian province on the border with Venezuela, officials said.

Melisa Trillos was abducted on Wednesday night in the city of Ocaña as she got out of her vehicle at a service station, Norte de Santander Government Secretary Yebrail Haddad said.

The kidnappers drove away with Trillos on the highway that leads to the city of Convencion, Haddad said.

National Police officers and army troops who pursued the kidnappers found the victim’s vehicle “crashed at a remote rest stop,” the official said.

“We are calling on her kidnappers to respect the life and integrity of Melisa Trillos, and we demand her release,” Haddad said, adding that a reward of 100 million pesos (about $34,500) was being offered for information leading to the attorney’s safe return.

Ramon Jose Cabrales Camacho, a Colombian government official, was kidnapped by the National Liberation Army, or ELN, guerrilla group on Sept. 3 in Ocaña and held captive more than six months.

Cabrales Camacho, a 40-year-old business administrator who at the time of his abduction was advising the government of Norte de Santander, was handed over to his family on March 23 in Teorama, a town in that same province, in an operation involving Catholic Church representatives.

The ELN, Colombia’s second-largest guerrilla group, has spent more than two years engaged in fruitless “exploratory” contacts with the government about starting a peace process similar to the one involving the much larger FARC insurgency.

Last weekend, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas and Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo held a meeting in Ocaña to discuss the security situation in the city and other areas in the strife-torn Catatumbo region.

Mayor and bodyguards killed in Central Mexico

MEXICO CITY – The mayor of the central Mexican town of Jilotzingo and two bodyguards were fatally shot Friday, the Mexico state Attorney General’s Office said.

Juan Antonio Mayen was elected mayor last year on the ticket of the conservative National Action Party.

The mayor and his four-man protection detail were traveling in Mayen’s vehicle on the Naucalpan-Ixtlahuaca highway shortly after 9:30 a.m. when armed assailants aboard at least two SUVs intercepted them and starting shooting, the AG Office said in a statement.

Mayen and two of his guards died, while the other two security men were wounded and taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.

The attack took place near the town of Santa Maria Mazatla, roughly 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Mexico City.

An investigation is under way, the state AG Office said.

New York - Cold Case - What happened to missing girl Suzanne Lyall

UPDATE 9/7/15 – Doug Lyall, Suzanne’s father has passed away.  Together with Tedisco’s support, Mary and Doug Lyall founded the Center for HOPE.  Sadly, he passes without knowing whatever happened to his daughter.  They were instrumental in getting Suzannes’ Law passed in 2003.

Original Story:  Suzanne Gloria Lyall, 19, from Albany, New York was last seen getting off a bus at the Collins Circle stop at the University of Albany campus on March 2, 1998.  Somewhere between the bus stop and her dorm room she vanished and has not been seen since.

Authorities found that Suzy’s debit card had been used at a nearby convenience store ATM around 4:00 p.m. that day.  Per CBS Newsthe surveillance camera was not able to see who withdrew the money.  The pin number was used to withdraw $20.00.  Richard Condon, who was Suzy’s boyfriend said that Suzy and himself were the only one’s that had the number.

Condon never took a polygraph test and after the initial interview, would not speak to the police without his lawyer. 

Lubbock cold case - What happened to Zoey Campos.

Lubbock police officials said in a press conference Monday morning, Dec. 2, that a missing 18-year-old woman’s past behavior may have put her in harm’s way.

Police officials provided an update on the case of Zoe Gabrielle Campos, who has been missing since Nov. 17.

Campos is about 5 feet tall, weighs about 100 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.

Lubbock Police Department Sgt. Chris Breunig, who addressed the media during the conference, did not elaborate on the nature of Campos’ behavior.

“Due to the information obtained thus far, plus lack of communication from Zoe, we believe she is in danger,” he said.

However, Breunig would not confirm if she was abducted.

“At this point she is listed as missing and endangered,” he said.

Zoe’s mother, Melinda, said she does not know to what behavior police are referring.

“She hardly ever did anything or went anywhere, so I don’t know where this dangerous behavior came from,” she said.

She said her daughter was responsible and always let people know where she was. She also said her daughter, who had ambitions to become a mechanic, had a limited social circle that extended to her sister and a few friends.

On Nov. 22, Lubbock police widened their search of the missing woman to Abilene, Austin and El Paso.

Bruenig said the cities were added to the search based on her Facebook activity. He added that the Campos family previously lived in Austin.

On Nov. 18 — the day of her disappearance — Zoe Campos sent her mother a text message that she was on her way to pick her up from work at about 2:30 a.m. but never showed.

Lubbock police received the report she was missing Nov. 19. And on Nov. 21, Campos’ silver 1997 Lincoln Town Car was abandoned at the Driftwood Apartments in the 5500 block of Utica Avenue. A family member spotted an unidentified person driving the car and followed it to the apartments, where the person dressed in a dark hoodie ran away, according to Melinda Campos.

Breunig said since Zoe Campos’ disappearance, there has been no activity on her Facebook account or her cellphone.

He also advised people who may have information about the case to speak with police instead of posting it on social media sites.

“When people put postings out or contact friends or family with this information and it goes through third or fourth parties, we end up getting information or leads that are erroneous in nature,” he said.

Lubbock police are offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to locating Zoe Campos, Breunig said.

Tips can also be sent via text message to 274637. Begin the message with LBKTIPS.

WARREN, NJ- Who killed Margaret Haddican-McEnroe .

WARREN, NJ -  It's been eight years. Margaret Haddican-McEnroe was reported missing by her husband Tim McEnroe on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006 two days after he last saw her at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10.

On Tuesday, Oct. 10, McEnroe left the home at 1:30 p.m., and returned two hours later to find his wife missing and their infant child, six months old at the time, home alone, according to published reports. The reports indicated that McEnroe said cash was missing, but that his wife’s cell phone, broken during an argument the night before, and car were not.

 

Initial reports indicated that there was no evidence of damage to the home.

 

Tim McEnroe has since been named a “person of interest” in the investigation of his wife’s disappearance, according to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano and Michael B. Ward, Special Agent-In-Charge of Newark Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).