Twelve people were arrested after being charged with participating in a drug-trafficking organization that allegedly smuggled as much as $15 million in marijuana and cocaine into the country over the past year.... Read more»
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, SB 1070, on April 25. The justices will hear an appeal by the state of an appeal’s court ruling that upheld an injunction blocking much of the law.... Read more»1
Even by Ciudad Juarez’s grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city’s police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence.... Read more»
A 27-year-old Guatemalan man was sentenced to more than three years in jail for illegal re-entry of felon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday.... Read more»
House members accused Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday of stonewalling their probe of Operation Fast and Furious, and threatened him with contempt unless the Justice Department hands over thousands more documents.... Read more»1
A 26-year-old Mexican man was found guilty of human smuggling Wednesday for bringing a group of illegal immigrants across the border in November.... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly $680,000 worth of heroin and marijuana in separate incidents Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said.... Read more»
The biggest expense reported by Jan PAC, Gov. Brewer’s political action committee, is the purchase of copies of the governor’s book, financial reports show.... Read more»1
U.S. law enforcement agencies are exposing people to radiation in more settings and in increasing doses to screen for explosives, weapons and drugs. In addition to the controversial airport body scanners, X-ray devices have proliferated in prisons, on the streets of New York and at our borders.... Read more»
Operation Fast and Furious was the fourth “gun–walking” investigation run by the ATF in the Phoenix area, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. The four operations began in 2006 and let roughly 2,800 firearms walk into the hands of drug cartels and other criminals.... Read more»
A 30-year-old Green Valley woman was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for an August high-speed chase involving the Border Patrol.... Read more»
Calling the measure a “political ploy” and contrary to the wishes of most Arizonans, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday he won’t hear a Democratic senator’s bill to repeal SB 1070.... Read more»1
Calling the nation’s immigration laws “sorely outdated and in need of revision,” Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano pressed Monday for passage of the DREAM Act, saying it is the most-urgently needed change to immigration policy.... Read more»2
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents found more than a ton of pot and a stolen SUV on Saturday after receiving a tip from an off-duty agent.... Read more»
Granting legal status to the illegal immigrants living in one of Texas’ largest metropolitan areas would generate at least $1.4 billion a year in revenue for state and federal agencies, with Social Security and Medicare being the largest potential beneficiaries.... Read more»1
A graphic breaks down Mexico’s drug war by the numbers — the victims, the weapons, the drugs and who controls them — and offers new insight into the dangerous, multi-billion-dollar industry of the drug cartels.... Read more»2
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