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»
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»
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»
Mexico’s Occupy protesters, who focus on poverty and workers’ rights, have failed to win many followers. The movement has been entirely ignored by Mexico’s mainstream politicians. And most Mexicans are more concerned with an end to drug violence.... Read more»2
Calling the nation’s immigration laws “sorely outdated and in need of revision,” Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano pressed Monday for passage of the DREAM Act, saying it is the most-urgently needed change to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»
The quick kidnap and release of Mexico’s ambassador to Venezuela Sunday night highlights the country’s issues with security. Caracas is often listed amongst the most dangerous cities in the world, ranked alongside war zones.... 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
A 44-year-old man from Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced to more than six years in prison for being in the country illegally.... Read more»1
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly a ton of marijuana from an abandoned vehicle in the West Desert early Thursday... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man wanted in Oregon on a charge of vehicular manslaughter and seized 3,300 pounds of marijuana in separate incidents Tuesday.... Read more»
The president’s State of the Union address got the facts right — mostly. Often the president’s facts and figures were accurate — but not the whole story. (with video)... Read more»
Gabrielle Giffords will resign from Congress on Wednesday, but not before the House takes up her bill to apply anti-smuggling laws to ultralight aircraft, said U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake. “While it will officially be the Giffords-Flake bill, it is really Gabby’s legislation,” he wrote on Facebook.... Read more»
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