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    Horseback smugglers

    • Mar 22, 2016
    • Mar 22, 2016 Updated May 22, 2017
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    Border Patrol agents seized two horses being used to smuggler packs of marijuana across the border near Sasabe on March 20, 2016. The horses were seized and turned over to the Arizona Department of Agriculture. Video courtesy of Customs and Border Protection.

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    Video: Border Patrol agents track smugglers riding horses

    Video: Border Patrol agents track smugglers riding horses

    Horses found to be carrying about 100 pounds of marijuana.

    Border Patrol agent fires at rock-throwing smugglers; no injuries

    Border Patrol agent fires at rock-throwing smugglers; no injuries

    Federal officials are investigating the incident, authorities say.

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