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El Paso Times - Times staff report - Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than $400,000 in cash Monday during a check of cars headed into Mexico. Officials said $420,440 were confiscated from a pickup truck being driven into Mexico at the Bridge of the Americas about 9:30 a.m. The driver, Jose Felix Vizcarra, 46, of Juárez, was taken into custody, officials said. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail with bond. CBP officials said agents were checking cars headed into Juárez and pulled the pickup for additional inspection. A weapons and cash sniffing dog named "Enzo" alerted agents, and they found the cash in 16 bundles hidden in the pickup's seats. People can take cash into Mexico, but amounts more than $10,000 must be declared.
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Over $400,000 seized at El Paso Bridge of the Americas
From the El Paso Times - Times staff report - Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than $400,000 in cash Monday during a check of cars headed into Mexico. Officials said $420,440 were confiscated from a pickup truck being driven into Mexico at the Bridge of the Americas about 9:30 a.m. The driver, Jose Felix Vizcarra, 46, of Juárez, was taken into custody, officials said. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail with bond. CBP officials said agents were checking cars headed into Juárez and pulled the pickup for additional inspection. A weapons and cash sniffing dog named "Enzo" alerted agents, and they found the cash in 16 bundles hidden in the pickup's seats. People can take cash into Mexico, but amounts more than $10,000 must be declared. Read more
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