Man wanted for drugs, firearms turned over to Mexican authorities at Stanton Bridge

El Paso.- Deportation Officers for Execution and Removal Operations (ERO) from El Paso handed over on Wednesday, May 22, to a Mexican citizen wanted in their country for crimes related to methamphetamine and possession of firearms, federal authorities reported. Miguel Sifuentes Jiménez, 36 years old, was handed over to the Mexican authorities at the top of the Stanton Bridge, on the international line between the United States and Mexico, after …

Firearms, ammo seizures slowing along Southwest border

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – With less than five months left in fiscal 2025, federal data points to an ongoing sharp decline in firearms and ammunition seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border. Border officers have seized 435 guns and rifles headed to Mexico since Oct. 1, compared to the 1,110 stopped between Oct. 1, 2023, and last Sept. 30. A total of 1,171 firearms were prevented from going into Mexico in the 12 months before that, U.S. Customs …

Man wanted for drugs, firearms turned over to Mexican authorities at Stanton Bridge

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A Mexican fugitive wanted in his home country for possessing methamphetamine and firearms was removed by deportation officers on Thursday, May 22, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a news release. Photos courtesy of ICE ICE said that Miguel Sifuentes Jimenez, 36, was turned over to Mexican authorities on Thursday on top of the Stanton Street Bridge at the international boundary between the U.S. and M…