{"id":379230,"date":"2026-07-20T03:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379230\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T03:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:05:26","slug":"cbp-says-contractors-removing-loose-border-buoys-parts-reportedly-sold-for-scrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379230\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP says contractors removing loose border buoys; parts reportedly sold for scrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EAGLE PASS, Texas \u2014 Border buoys breaking away in rushing floodwaters from the historic Rio Grande flooding are allegedly being sold for parts. <\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2228997117954990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eagle Pass News Leader<\/a>, sections of the floating buoy barrier that broke loose are reportedly being burned and sold for scrap metal in Mexico. The newspaper says each buoy could be worth up to $2,300 per buoy.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to News 4\/Fox SA, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said 55 buoys were swept away, adding that the buoys remained under the control of the contractor and were never transferred to border patrol custody.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/floodwaters-carry-federal-border-buoys-down-rio-grande-cbp-points-to-contractor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Floodwaters carry federal border buoys down Rio Grande, CBP points to contractor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After several sections accumulated near the World Trade Bridge, traffic operations were temporarily suspended out of an abundance of caution. No injuries or damage to the bridge was reported. <\/p>\n<p>CBP says contractors are currently removing the buoys. Laredo Sector leadership and border patrol airboats are providing security and operational support. <\/p>\n<p>CBP is also coordinating with U.S. and Mexican partners to reroute commercial traffic to the Colombia Bridge until operations can safely resume.<\/p>\n<p>FULL CBP STATEMENT <\/p>\n<p>As a result of heavy rains and rapidly rising water this past week, approximately 55 buoys in the process of being deployed by a contractor into the Rio Grande were swept away. All of the buoys remained under the control of contractor and had not been transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody.<\/p>\n<p>After several sections accumulated near the World Trade Bridge, traffic operations were temporarily suspended out of an abundance of caution. There are no reported injuries or damage to the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Contractors are on scene with equipment to remove the buoys. Laredo Sector leadership and Border Patrol airboats are providing security and operational support. CBP is also coordinating with U.S. and Mexican partners to reroute commercial traffic to the Colombia Bridge until operations can safely resume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EAGLE PASS, Texas \u2014 Border buoys breaking away in rushing floodwaters from the historic Rio Grande flooding are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-379230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}