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U.S. Customs and Border Protection

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Heroin Lollipops Seized From Sweaty Guatemalan at Airport

    ​When Rafael Quinones Jimenez arrived in Orlando on a flight from his native Guatemala on Friday, U.S. Customs inspectors noted that he was "very nervous and was sweating profusely." For good reason. When they searched his luggage they found seven pounds of heroin disguised as candy lollipops.So h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    $7.6 Million Worth of Pot Seized at Port of Miami

    ​U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say they haven't made a huge pot bust at the Port of Miami for months, but sometimes you just have to wait. Authorities report they discovered 3,837 pounds of marijuana, nearly two tons, stuffed inside shipping containers at the port last Friday.

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    You Won't Have to Take Your Shoes Off at MIA Anymore -- if You're Special

    ​With the eventual aim of shortening screening lines and easing some security procedures, the TSA unveiled a new program today at four airports across the country, including Miami International, that allows passengers to go through security checkpoints without taking off their shoes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Miami Man Caught Smuggling Cocaine Hidden in Candy Easter Eggs at LAX

    ​Most peoples' idea of a white Christmas does not involve candy Easter eggs. Then again, Esteban Galtes wasn't planning to celebrate with that wholesome type of snow. The 23-year-old Miami resident was caught trying to smuggle approximately $100,000 worth of cocaine through Los ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    Culture of cruelty: Feds bury Border Patrol abuses of immigrants

    ​Most peoples' idea of a white Christmas does not involve candy Easter eggs. Then again, Esteban Galtes wasn't planning to celebrate with that wholesome type of snow. The 23-year-old Miami resident was caught trying to smuggle approximately $100,000 worth of cocaine through Los ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    800 Pounds of Pot Seized in Boat Two Miles Off Miami

    ​Rakontur is currently finishing up Square Grouper, their documentary on Miami's pot smuggling heydays, but that's not all in the past. The South Florida US Attorney's Office announced that they recently found a boat just miles off the coast of Miami packed with 800 pounds of pot. Four arrests hav ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Operation Streamline treats migrants like cattle

    ​Rakontur is currently finishing up Square Grouper, their documentary on Miami's pot smuggling heydays, but that's not all in the past. The South Florida US Attorney's Office announced that they recently found a boat just miles off the coast of Miami packed with 800 pounds of pot. Four arrests hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Contraband Quesadillas -- Sort Of A Recipe

    Lee Klein​Beads of sweat formed on Amir's forehead as he inched his way up the line at U.S. Customs. He had just arrived at M.I.A. from his home in the Netherlands, and if the authorities searched his bag, Amir knew he would be in big trouble. They probably already suspected him of terrorist activ ... More >>

  • News

    June 10, 2010

    Ayahuasca: Believers call the Amazonian plant a sacrament; the state calls it illegal

    Lee Klein​Beads of sweat formed on Amir's forehead as he inched his way up the line at U.S. Customs. He had just arrived at M.I.A. from his home in the Netherlands, and if the authorities searched his bag, Amir knew he would be in big trouble. They probably already suspected him of terrorist activ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Pat Riley Sued for Keeping Land Deal Profits to Himself

    Famous for a different kind of suit. ​Heat President Pat Riley has bigger problems this summer than just trying to re-sign guard Dwyane Wade. Riley is being sued for $5.5 million by a real estate broker who says the Hall of Fame coach didn't live up to a promise he made to break him off a pi ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands: From ground zero of the immigration crisis along the Mexican border

    Famous for a different kind of suit. ​Heat President Pat Riley has bigger problems this summer than just trying to re-sign guard Dwyane Wade. Riley is being sued for $5.5 million by a real estate broker who says the Hall of Fame coach didn't live up to a promise he made to break him off a pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    $5.2 Million Worth of Designer Knock-Offs Seized at MIA

    ​We're pretty sure the ornately logo-ed purse trend has been done with for a while. Now that we're all "recessionistas" ladies who can still afford luxury leather goods prefer to buy expensive bags with the designer brand only noticeable to discerning eyes. Touting around a purse that co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Thousands of Fake Viagra Pills Seized, Thousands of Boners Relieved

    The lengths men will go to get it hard knows few limits, yet thousands of guys don't have the balls to tell their doctors they can't get it up. So enter the booming illegal Viagra trade, and like so many drugs sold illicitly, you never know if what you're getting is authentic.Today, U ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    Black-Market Cigarettes: Miami's New Vice

    The feds say a local man smuggled millions of smokes for terrorists. He's not alone.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    MIA Customs Officials Keep Us Safe From Teddy Bear Threat

    via Flavouz's flickrTheir eyes were watching eyes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Miami International Airport noticed that the glass eyes on a shipment of teddy bears from China were poorly secured, and could be a choking hazard to small children. They sent the bears off for further test ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    Miami Radio Host Wins Release of Cuban Refugees

    via Flavouz's flickrTheir eyes were watching eyes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Miami International Airport noticed that the glass eyes on a shipment of teddy bears from China were poorly secured, and could be a choking hazard to small children. They sent the bears off for further test ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    The World is Yours

    via Flavouz's flickrTheir eyes were watching eyes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection at Miami International Airport noticed that the glass eyes on a shipment of teddy bears from China were poorly secured, and could be a choking hazard to small children. They sent the bears off for further test ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2006

    Letters from the Issue of January 5, 2006

    Readers get their war on

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2005

    Excellent Appalachian Adventure

    Readers get their war on

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Letters July 15-21, 2004

    Readers get their war on

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    The Question That Won't Die

    A mild-mannered U.S. Customs inspector is shot to death. Police call it suicide. Friends and family say that’s inconceivable.

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Density Turns on the Radio

    WLRN grovels; school board makes vote count

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    MIA: A User's Manual

    Is our airport the most user-unfriendly in America? No, just one of four really unhappy landing sites.

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    The Will Adams Embargo

    The sad saga of how the feds hounded a senior citizen over, what else, Cuba

  • Music

    April 4, 2002

    Seeing Is Believing

    Los Muñequitos de Matanzas show us what we've been missing for 50 years

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Kulchurkampf: 365 Days of Pop Music

    From trance to hip-hop, there's not much in between

  • City Life

    May 11, 2000

    Best Herald Writer

    Meg Laughlin

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Wiping Out the Spongers

    A new crackdown on Biscayne Bay's sponge poachers has netted an entire Cuban subculture

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Deadly Cargo

    Big payoffs. Gruesome murders. Nosy feds. Life as a cargo handler at MIA just ain't what it used to be.

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Miami Logic

    Hookers, okay. Scumbags, fine. But forget about hanging a sign that reads "thrift" on Biscayne Boulevard.

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Closing in on Baba

    Hookers, okay. Scumbags, fine. But forget about hanging a sign that reads "thrift" on Biscayne Boulevard.

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Passport to Paradox

    The Cuban embargo is supposed to be getting tougher on travelers, but it's just getting weirder

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    Get Your Foreign Butts Out of Our Convenience Stores!

    Want to make Big Tobacco really mad? Just try importing export-only cigarettes

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Dope Detective

    If it gets you high, chances are that James Hall knows more about it than anyone anywhere

  • News

    February 27, 1997

    Freezer Burned

    Chilly weather and a sluggish bureaucracy have left Dade's farmworkers out in the cold

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Letters

    Chilly weather and a sluggish bureaucracy have left Dade's farmworkers out in the cold

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Big Stink

    Miamians' lust for contraband Cohibas has turned the blazing cigar craze into a smuggler's dream

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    No Money Down

    South Florida fraud investigators find themselves fighting a new form of chicanery: the lease fleece

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    Taint What You Think

    A local authority on money laundering is linked to a banker accused of fraud

  • News

    December 21, 1995

    Cuba Bound, Part 2

    Sailboat captain Dave Shaw runs afoul of U.S. Customs and finds himself up a creek without his canoe

  • News

    October 19, 1995

    Cuba Bound

    Key West to Havana is a grand tradition, a boater's delight, and a lively tourist adventure. Bon voyage!

  • News

    September 7, 1995

    Guns R Us

    You live in Rio de Janeiro and you've got a little problem with an overzealous police force. Your difficulties could be solved with a few hundred assault rifles and a couple of tons of ammo. Welcome to Miami!

  • Film

    August 25, 1995

    Kiss This Deadly

    You live in Rio de Janeiro and you've got a little problem with an overzealous police force. Your difficulties could be solved with a few hundred assault rifles and a couple of tons of ammo. Welcome to Miami!

  • Culture

    August 17, 1995

    From Stem to Stern

    You live in Rio de Janeiro and you've got a little problem with an overzealous police force. Your difficulties could be solved with a few hundred assault rifles and a couple of tons of ammo. Welcome to Miami!

  • News

    June 15, 1994

    The Mysterious Mexican Gorilla Caper

    A notorious animal smuggler. Some eager buyers. A bizarre sting operation. A dark and stormy night. No wonder the jurors could hardly believe what they were hearing.

  • News

    October 14, 1992

    Dead On Arrival, 119 Times Over

    Indonesian crab-eating macaques are favored by medical researchers. But if Miami primate dealer Matthew Block's late-August shipment was bound for the lab, it never got that far.

  • News

    July 29, 1992

    A Mutt Above

    Overheard in a local schoolyard: "I'll trade you a Kirby Puckett rookie card for a Kirby the Cocaine Canine"

  • News

    January 22, 1992

    Pull the Plug, Bolt the Door, And Kiss Your Club Goodbye

    It wasn't just any nightclub. It wasn't just any bust. And it wasn't just any owner. When Uncle Charlie's got hit, it got hit hard.

  • News

    November 13, 1991

    Chong Feature

    It wasn't just any nightclub. It wasn't just any bust. And it wasn't just any owner. When Uncle Charlie's got hit, it got hit hard.

  • News

    February 27, 1991

    Dirty Money

    It wasn't just any nightclub. It wasn't just any bust. And it wasn't just any owner. When Uncle Charlie's got hit, it got hit hard.

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