THE BORDER PATROL AND CUSTOMS PROTECTION IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO IS RELEASING FIGURES FROM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER 2013. BORDER PATROL SPOKESMAN DOUG MOSIER SAYS THERE WERE JUST OVER 14-THOUSAND 800 APPREHENSIONS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO SNEAK IN TO THE U-S. HE SAYS THEY ALSO UNCOVERED A LOT OF ILLEGAL DRUGS … OVER 187-THOUSAND POUNDS OF DRUGS…MUCH OF IT MARIJUANA.
OVERALL, THE EL PASO SECTOR AND THE BIG-BEND SECTOR OF THE BORDER PATROL PROCESSED OVER 28-MILLION PEOPLE HEADING NORTHBOUND THROUGH THE PORTS OF ENTRY.
