Border Patrol agents found two abandoned weapons and marijuana in separate incidents since Friday.... Read more»
During a three-day visit to the Mexico, the Dalai Lama said that most Mexicans are peaceful, but the media focuses on the bloodshed from drug-related murders.... Read more»
Texas Gov. Rick Perry repeated a familiar claim at the GOP debate Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Texas’ border cities, he said, are unsafe because the federal government has failed to secure the U.S.-Mexican border. But is Perry correct?... Read more»
As Perry adjusts to his front-runner status for the Republican presidential nomination, his opponents are planting seeds of doubt about how tough the border state’s longest-serving governor has been on illegal immigration.... Read more»
A report from a citizen led Ajo Station agents a man who had entered the country illegally. The agents found the body another man nearby.... Read more»
A 25-year-old illegal immigrant was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for attempting to re-enter the United States, illegally, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday.... Read more»
The family of a slain illegal immigrant has agreed to an $850,000 settlement in a case against federal government and the Border Patrol agent who fatally shot the man in 2007, court records indicate.... Read more»
The 500 National Guard troops helping watch over Arizona’s border with Mexico will stay on the job, after the Pentagon agreed to continue funding the 1,100 troopers assisting on the Southwest border.... Read more»
Border Patrol agents from the Casa Grande Station apprehended a man in the country illegally Tuesday who had been convicted of child molestation in Indiana.... Read more»
In the midst of so much bloodshed and intimidation in Mexico, the public normally cheers when police seize some of the supposed culprits behind it all. But the arrest of two alleged terrorists in Veracruz state has caused more dismay, puzzlement and anger than rejoicing.... Read more»
In June, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it was urging prosecutors to use discretion when placing illegal immigrants in deportation proceedings, but Border Patrol is still detaining those covered by the directive.... Read more»
Border Patrol agents working in the West Desert on Monday discovered three sets of human remains in separate incidents.... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized 4,310 pounds of marijuana, worth more than $2.1 million, over the holiday weekend in separate incidents, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday.... Read more»
As Mexico struggles with an unprecedented wave of drug-related violence, criminal cartels have been expanding protection rackets across the country.... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a woman traveling with a 6-year-old girl after CBP said they found 10 bricks of marijuana stuffed into the front bumper of the vehicle she was driving.... Read more»
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