Ron Barber, Jesse Kelly and Charlie Manolakis were questioned on Social Security, Medicare and the economy during a Wednesday night debate, and it’s a good thing we’re fresh out of beer in the Smith household, or the Social Security drinking game would have left this reporter floored.... Read more»
A 39-year-old Agua Prieta, Son., woman was arrested for attempting to smuggle 425 pounds of marijuana through the Douglas Port of Entry on Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.... Read more»
A 43-year-old Mexican national was arrested Sunday for trying to smuggle more than 7 pounds of cocaine into the United States using a wheelchair.... Read more»
An 18-year-old Mexican man was arrested after attempting to smuggle 57 pounds of cocaine, 3 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.5 pounds of heroin through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales.... Read more»
Fire officials have ended investigations into the sources of last summer’s Horseshoe 2 and Monument fires that burned more than 250,000 acres in Southeastern Arizona with no clear determination of how they began.... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four people and seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana valued at $633,500 in separate incidents Friday.... Read more»
A controversial immigration-enforcement policy is at the forefront of the sheriff’s race in Travis County, Texas.... Read more»1
The bodies of 9 people were found Friday morning hanged from a Nuevo Laredo bridge. The mutilated bodies of 14 others were found later in the day, reports said.... Read more»
Two Mexican nationals were arrested in separate incidents for attempting to smuggle 26 pounds of cocaine and 5 pounds of heroin into the United States through the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales.... Read more»
A 40-year-old Agua Prieta, Son., man was arrested Saturday for trying to smuggle more than 265 pounds of marijuana in the United States.... Read more»
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized almost 3,400 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $1.7 million in separate incidents over the weekend in the West Desert, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday.... Read more»
South of the border, war is raging with guns mostly supplied by merchants in the United States. Mexico has estimated that almost 50,000 people have been killed since 2006, a toll that has made its top officials irate about the persistent flow of weapons south.... Read more»2
A high-ranking member of a Mexican drug trafficking organization was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for moving tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana and hundreds of pounds of heroin and cocaine into the U.S.... Read more»
More than 1,500 pounds of marijuana and a stolen pickup were seized Tuesday night in the West Desert.... Read more»
Seven suspected drug smugglers were arrested and 40 pounds of meth, 3 pounds of cocaine and more than 1,700 pounds of marijuana were seized by border agents in three incidents over the weekend.... Read more»
A Montana woman and her son were arrested Monday for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 1,200 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Mexico.... Read more»
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