Fugitive busts cap busy week for border patrol amid migrant surge

Federal agents arrested three wanted criminals in 12 hours this week at the overwhelmed US-Mexico border.

US Border Patrol and Customs agents arrested a driver and passenger at a border checkpoint near Hebbronville after finding they had active warrants for burglary and larceny, officials said. The fugitives were questioned after a K9 agent sniffed out personal-use marijuana, methamphetamines, and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, the US Border Patrol in Laredo said in a Facebook post.