http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/drug+smuggling drug+smuggling news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060513_marijuana_seizure/border-patrol-seizes-17m-marijuana-tuesday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060513_marijuana_seizure/border-patrol-seizes-17m-marijuana-tuesday/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show In separate incidents northwest of Tucson on Tuesday morning, U.S. Border Patrol agents seized two abandoned trucks that held 3,400 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1.7 million. Other recent seizures included $370,000 worth of meth in Nogales, and two seizures totaling $150,000 of marijuana in Douglas. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042313_bp_dogs/puppies-join-border-patrol-effort-sniff-out-smugglers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042313_bp_dogs/puppies-join-border-patrol-effort-sniff-out-smugglers/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Meet Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector Canine Unit through their two newest agents, Kirpy and Kala, who started training in March. The Belgian Malinois puppies will soon work with border agents to keep smugglers at bay. (with video) 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-estrada-drug-war-cant-won-without-strategy-change/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-estrada-drug-war-cant-won-without-strategy-change/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Patrick McNamara of Inside Tucson Business, Arizona Education Association President Andrew Morrill, former Arizona Clean Election Commission Director Todd Lang, GOP state Rep. Paul Boyer, Santa Cruz Sheriff Tony Estrada, and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith broke news about a PCC chancellor candidate. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_obama_mex/obamas-mexico-trip-what-they-probably-wont-say-but-should/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_obama_mex/obamas-mexico-trip-what-they-probably-wont-say-but-should/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Analysis: Obama and Mexico’s Peña Nieto will play up the positives this week in Mexico. But what about the countries’ glaring drug war failures? 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_guzman_fil_arrested/father-in-law-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_guzman_fil_arrested/father-in-law-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman-arrested/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Mexican authorities have arrested the father-in-law of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, striking a personal blow to Mexico’s most-wanted man.Ines Coronel Barreras was captured by federal police in a house in Agua Prieta, Sonora, “without taking a single shot.” 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042613_border_billions/billions-proposed-border-security-where-would-money-go/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042613_border_billions/billions-proposed-border-security-where-would-money-go/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Federal spending on border security is at an all-time high—and it would get even higher under the Gang of Eight’s new plan. The Senate immigration proposal, released last week, would allocate $4.5 billion in the next five years to tighten control of U.S. borders. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041813_border_roundup/immigration-bill-released-amid-security-economic-concerns/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041813_border_roundup/immigration-bill-released-amid-security-economic-concerns/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The Gang of Eight debuted their immigration reform bill; New York dairy farmers, religious leaders and tech industry leaders including Mark Zuckerberg weighed in on the debate; Mexico faces law enforcement challenges and business opportunities. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041313_border_roundup/us-seeks-answers-border-security-reporting-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041313_border_roundup/us-seeks-answers-border-security-reporting-mexico/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Border Patrol agents look for ways to stay on the job despite budget cuts that threaten security, nine states show how shifting demographics may shift immigration policy and cartel crime affects reporting coming out of Mexico. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041113_rodriguez_march/marchers-call-justice-teens-cross-border-shooting-death/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041113_rodriguez_march/marchers-call-justice-teens-cross-border-shooting-death/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Six months after the shooting of Mexican teenager José Antonio Elena Rodriguez by U.S. border agents, his family and community activists in Arizona are frustrated and fear that the investigation into his death is at a standstill. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040813_bp_applicant_crimes/during-polygraphs-border-agency-applicants-admit-rape-kidnapping/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040813_bp_applicant_crimes/during-polygraphs-border-agency-applicants-admit-rape-kidnapping/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show One admitted to kidnapping and ransoming hostages in the Ivory Coast. Others said they had molested children or committed rape. And one, as he prepared for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, contemplated assassinating President Obama. These are among the thousands of applicants who have sought jobs in recent years with the Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040613_napolitano/napolitano-signs-point-healthy-healthy-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040613_napolitano/napolitano-signs-point-healthy-healthy-border/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Pointing to signs of a “healthy border,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano barnstormed through the Southwest this week, stopping in Tucson on Friday to promote the agency’s security efforts while allowing trade and travel along the U.S.-Mexico border. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032813_border_roundup/border-roundup-politicians-tour-nogales-mayors-travel-south/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032813_border_roundup/border-roundup-politicians-tour-nogales-mayors-travel-south/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show McCain and other ‘Gang of Eight’ members toured the border, Rothschild took Arizona mayors to Sonora, Brewer defended policy banning driver’s licenses for young immigrants and Napolitano said officials will review solitary confinement policy for immigration detainees 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032813_bp_citizens/four-five-border-patrol-drug-busts-involve-us-citizens/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032813_bp_citizens/four-five-border-patrol-drug-busts-involve-us-citizens/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The public’s view of a typical Mexican drug smuggler might not include U.S. Naval Academy grad Todd Britton-Harr, who was caught at a Border Patrol checkpoint in south Texas in December 2010 hauling a trailer with 1,100 pounds of marijuana. It turns out that the Border Patrol catches more American citizens with drugs than it does Mexican couriers. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032613_drug_sniffing_dogs/supreme-court-limits-use-drug-sniffing-dogs-private-homes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032613_drug_sniffing_dogs/supreme-court-limits-use-drug-sniffing-dogs-private-homes/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The U.S. high court ruled that bringing a drug sniffing dog into a private home is a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and is not allowed without a warrant. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032113_border_roundup/border-roundup-feds-debate-border-security-voter-rights-while-border-deaths-rise/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032113_border_roundup/border-roundup-feds-debate-border-security-voter-rights-while-border-deaths-rise/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The Supreme Court heard arguments on one Arizona voter law while more are proposed at the Capitol, protestors weigh in on state laws, Homeland Security tries to define border security and updates on border crossers during a busy week for law enforcement. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032013_yuma_bp/yuma-border-agents-fight-fires-smugglers-busy-week/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032013_yuma_bp/yuma-border-agents-fight-fires-smugglers-busy-week/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Border Patrol agents spotted and helped fight a house fire near Yuma early Sunday morning, part of a busy week that included apprehending multiple groups of drug smuggling suspects and large seizures of marijuana and methamphetamine. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031813_mex_taxi_shooting/mexico-gunmen-kill-7-cancun-bar-shooting/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031813_mex_taxi_shooting/mexico-gunmen-kill-7-cancun-bar-shooting/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Two gunmen shot dead seven people, most of them members of the taxi drivers union, at a bar in Cancun. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031513_border_roundup/supreme-court-looks-az-as-injured-men-explosives-found-desert/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031513_border_roundup/supreme-court-looks-az-as-injured-men-explosives-found-desert/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Border roundup: Arizona proposition becomes a test case for voter registration laws, family green cards face restrictions, injured men and explosives are found in the desert and Mexican towns and newspapers respond to cartel violence. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031513_war_on_drugs/war-drugs-what-it-good-for/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031513_war_on_drugs/war-drugs-what-it-good-for/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show It’s not just Colorado and Washington: The world is abandoning the U.S.-backed drug war in favor of a more liberal approach to cannabis. Four decades after President Nixon declared war on drugs, nearly everyone agrees it’s time for a truce. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031313_border_man/man-with-throat-slashed-found-border-2-dead-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031313_border_man/man-with-throat-slashed-found-border-2-dead-mexico/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A Mexican man whose throat had been cut was found by Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed. Sources said three others with slashed throats were found by Mexican authorities just over the border, two of whom were dead. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031313_border_tech/tucson-tech-could-eye-border-from-high/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031313_border_tech/tucson-tech-could-eye-border-from-high/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Anchored within proposals for a new national immigration policy is a call for more high-tech security along the U.S.-Mexico border. Parts of that technology – including an 80-foot tower bristling with sensors and cameras – could be developed and tested at the UA Science and Technology Park. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030813_border_roundup/chavez-dies-mexican-journalist-killed-brewer-loses-court/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030813_border_roundup/chavez-dies-mexican-journalist-killed-brewer-loses-court/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Border roundup: The world reacts to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Mexican journalist Jaime Guadalupe Gonzalez Dominguez, Gov. Brewer loses in court, Arizona Republicans propose voting restrictions and the border economy continues to cross international lines 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022813_border_roundup/border-roundup-border-crossings-up-texas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022813_border_roundup/border-roundup-border-crossings-up-texas/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Illegal immigrants may be crossing the border more in Texas than in Arizona; the GOP’s shifting stance on immigration; and news from south of the border. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022613_el_chapo_alive/drug-war-continues-el-chapo-guzman-not-dead-after-all/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022613_el_chapo_alive/drug-war-continues-el-chapo-guzman-not-dead-after-all/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, allegedly the world’s most powerful drug trafficker, did not die in a shooting in northern Guatemala, a Guatemalan government spokesman told GlobalPost. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022613_bp_drugs/border-agents-intercept-11-lbs-heroin-find-900k-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022613_bp_drugs/border-agents-intercept-11-lbs-heroin-find-900k-pot/#When: 15:17:000 John C. Scott Show Updated: Border Patrol agents seized over a million dollars in narcotics over the weekend, as they intercepted 11 pounds of heroin and found an abandoned load of 1,800 pounds of marijuana. 2013-02-26T15:17:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022313_mex_disappearances/mexico-drug-war-disappearances-laid-bare/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022313_mex_disappearances/mexico-drug-war-disappearances-laid-bare/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A new Human Rights Watch report on Mexico cuts to the heart of the U.S.-supported strategy for battling the country’s powerful drug trafficking syndicates. The report focuses on “enforced disappearances” of civilians at the hands of both Mexico’s naval infantry and the militarized federal police. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022113_border_roundup/border-roundup-immigration-bill-published-amidst-protests/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022113_border_roundup/border-roundup-immigration-bill-published-amidst-protests/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Humanitarians along the border protested Operation Streamline; law enforcement reports meth (and chicken) seizures are up; rumors swirl around President Obama’s immigration bill and the possible shooting death of Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022213_nogales_drug_tunnel/man-arrested-while-digging-nogales-drug-tunnel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022213_nogales_drug_tunnel/man-arrested-while-digging-nogales-drug-tunnel/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show U.S. and Mexican authorities discovered an incomplete drug tunnel west of Nogales’ DeConcini Port of Entry early Friday, arresting a man who was digging the smuggling route. The tunnel extended under the border, but did not open into the United States. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022213_chicken_meth/fast-food-border-agents-find-meth-hidden-chicken-buckets/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022213_chicken_meth/fast-food-border-agents-find-meth-hidden-chicken-buckets/#When: 09:27:000 John C. Scott Show Updated: Two women were arrested Thursday morning after agents at the I-19 checkpoint found nearly six pounds of meth hidden in buckets of chicken. 2013-02-23T09:27:06-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022113_meth_border/meth-seizures-increase-texas-mexico-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022113_meth_border/meth-seizures-increase-texas-mexico-border/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show For the second consecutive year, seizures of methamphetamine in the Laredo customs district — the country’s busiest land port —  climbed significantly, an indication that drug cartels continue to bank on sales of the drug in the U.S. despite vigilant enforcement efforts on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021513_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-abuse-allegations-agency-email-denies-interviews/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021513_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-abuse-allegations-agency-email-denies-interviews/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Lawmakers debate border security, Border Patrol faces scrutiny, reporters discuss immigration reporting and a glimpse into policies on deportation, driver’s licences and trade 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021213_brewer_border/brewer-more-boots-ground-necessary-secure-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021213_brewer_border/brewer-more-boots-ground-necessary-secure-border/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer capped off an aerial tour of the region Tuesday by reiterating her argument that the border was not secure and that there “needs to be more boots on the ground.”  Brewer met with Customs and Border Patrol agents, as well as southern Arizona ranchers, before boarding one the state’s National Guard Blackhawk helicopters for a three-hour tour of the borderlands. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021213_mex_journalists/in-struggle-against-silence-life-stake-reporting-mexicos-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021213_mex_journalists/in-struggle-against-silence-life-stake-reporting-mexicos-drug-war/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The winner of the Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism talks about how the perils faced by Mexican journalists caught between the government and the narcos. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020913_border_roundup/border-roundup-obamas-immigration-policy-goals-pena-nieto-takes-cartels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020913_border_roundup/border-roundup-obamas-immigration-policy-goals-pena-nieto-takes-cartels/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A look at migrant experiences along the border, responses to immigration policy announced by President Obama and lawmakers, threats to Border Patrol from cartels and corruption, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto faces down cartels and gas explosions. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012913_bp_meth_arrest/border-patrol-activity-woman-caught-with-19-lbs-meth-checkpoint/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012913_bp_meth_arrest/border-patrol-activity-woman-caught-with-19-lbs-meth-checkpoint/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A weekend vehicle inspection led to the arrest of a young U.S. citizen who was charged with narcotics smuggling for methamphetamine possession on Monday, while other agents seized meth, marijuana and firearms in additional operations. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_border_corruption/report-details-border-patrol-corruption/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_border_corruption/report-details-border-patrol-corruption/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Turf battles, internal dysfunction and other troubles have left U.S. Customs and Border Protection grasping to get a handle on corruption and other misconduct within its ranks, according to an internal study that has been kept secret for more than a year. Since 2004, 147 border enforcement agents have been charged with corruption, ranging from taking bribes to stealing government money. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_missing_mexican_band/bodies-found-well-thought-missing-mexican-band-members/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_missing_mexican_band/bodies-found-well-thought-missing-mexican-band-members/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Police in Mexico found at least eight bodies in a well in the same area where 20 members of the band Kombo Kolombia went missing on Friday. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_mexico_city/drug-war-rages-edge-mexico-city/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_mexico_city/drug-war-rages-edge-mexico-city/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Mexico’s capital has been largely immune to the violence engulfing elsewhere in the country. But for how much longer? 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012513_border_roundup/border-roundup-border-life-examined-presidential-plan-unveiled/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012513_border_roundup/border-roundup-border-life-examined-presidential-plan-unveiled/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A close look at daily life and measuring success along the border, a presidential plan’s unveiling is announced, and regional reactions to immigration, labor and gun control issues. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012013_mexican_police_arrested/mexican-police-arrested-over-alleged-links-drug-cartels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012013_mexican_police_arrested/mexican-police-arrested-over-alleged-links-drug-cartels/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Over 150 police in the northern Mexican state of Durango have been arrested on suspicion of protecting drug traffickers. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011813_border_roundup/border-roundup-winter-weather-dangers-border-implications-gun-control-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011813_border_roundup/border-roundup-winter-weather-dangers-border-implications-gun-control-debate/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show New reminders of environmental danger on the border, national and state politicians address immigration issues, law enforcement on both sides of the border deals with crime and gun violence issues 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011113_border_roundup/border-roundup-cost-immigration-changes-2013/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011113_border_roundup/border-roundup-cost-immigration-changes-2013/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A look at the national, local and human costs of immigration policy as well as possible changes in store for 2013, plus a summary of recent Border Patrol activity. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010513_mexico_police/mexican-towns-police-force-resigns-after-deadly-attacks-cops/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010513_mexico_police/mexican-towns-police-force-resigns-after-deadly-attacks-cops/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The majority of the police force in the Mexican town of Marcos Castellanos resigned on Saturday, after a series of attacks targeted their force during the last days of 2012. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010313_mx_drug_alms/drug-cartel-alms-funding-mexican-catholic-church/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010313_mx_drug_alms/drug-cartel-alms-funding-mexican-catholic-church/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Although church officials deny connections, there’s mounting evidence that some Mexican Catholics worship in churches funded by donations from drug lords. “A steeple built with drug money has blood gushing from its rafters,” a bishop said. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_mex_security/mexican-policy-shift-seen-as-push-sovereignty/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_mex_security/mexican-policy-shift-seen-as-push-sovereignty/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Security initiatives recently announced by the Mexican government suggest that the country may move to reaffirm its sovereignty and focus less on the interests of the U.S. and other foreign countries. Last month President Peña Nieto utlined a strategy to fight crime that would create a 10,000-member force to focus on crimes like murder, kidnapping and extortion. It emphasized a shift from the previous administration’s focus on top cartel leaders. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_armored_car_sales/mexico-armored-car-sales-speed-up/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_armored_car_sales/mexico-armored-car-sales-speed-up/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The sales of armored cars in Mexico were up 10 percent in 2012 from the previous year, according to the Mexican Automotive Armour Association. The most popular armored vehicles were Suburban, Grand Cherokee and Tahoe SUVs, sold mostly to private parties. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122912_marijuana_legal/washington-and-colorado-as-precedent-marijuana-legalization/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122912_marijuana_legal/washington-and-colorado-as-precedent-marijuana-legalization/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show An unwanted item on President Obama’s second term agenda was contributed by voters in Colorado and Washington State who, by impressive margins on November 6, passed ballot measures making it legal to smoke pot recreationally, without any prescription or medical justification. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121412_mex_papers_cartels/mexican-papers-shy-from-covering-drug-gangs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121412_mex_papers_cartels/mexican-papers-shy-from-covering-drug-gangs/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Mexico’s regional newspapers are publishing more stories about murders linked to the drug trade, but they remain reluctant to write what they know about the organizations responsible for the killings. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120612_immigration_shift/the-new-border-illegal-immigrations-shifting-frontier/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120612_immigration_shift/the-new-border-illegal-immigrations-shifting-frontier/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show As the net flow of immigrants from Mexico nears zero, violent and impoverished Central American countries have emerged as the fastest-rising source of illegal immigrants to the U.S. Fleeing violence as well as poverty, they journey through a gantlet of predators, crossing Mexico’s southern frontier in an area that has become a U.S. national security concern. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113012_border_roundup/border-roundup-congress-considers-immigration-reform-bills/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/113012_border_roundup/border-roundup-congress-considers-immigration-reform-bills/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto visits the United States; Republicans reconsider immigration policies; the unintended side effects of immigration legislation 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112812_bp_search/court-reverses-drug-conviction-over-bps-faulty-frisk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112812_bp_search/court-reverses-drug-conviction-over-bps-faulty-frisk/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A federal appeals court overturned a juvenile’s felony drug conviction Wednesday, ruling that a Border Patrol pat-down that turned up marijuana during a vehicle stop in Arizona was not justified. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112312_border_roundup/roundup-cross-border-agreements-new-immigration-bills-works/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112312_border_roundup/roundup-cross-border-agreements-new-immigration-bills-works/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Cross-border agreements between U.S. and Mexican officials, Republican politicians evaluate their stance on immigration and an update on the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation into Border Patrol’s October shooting in Nogales 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112312_fbi_fugitive_captured/mexico-fugitive-fbi-most-wanted-list-caught-guadalajara/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112312_fbi_fugitive_captured/mexico-fugitive-fbi-most-wanted-list-caught-guadalajara/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A fugitive on the FBI most wanted list has been caught in Guadalajara, Mexico. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111612_border_roundup/border-roundup-immigration-reform-reconsidered-bp-investigated/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111612_border_roundup/border-roundup-immigration-reform-reconsidered-bp-investigated/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Politicians are reconsidering immigration reform, Homeland Security is investigating the Border Patrol after complaints of excessive force, plus: what happens to U.S. veterans deported to Mexico 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110912_border_roundup/border-roundup-autopsy-released-bp-agent-ivies-shooting-death/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110912_border_roundup/border-roundup-autopsy-released-bp-agent-ivies-shooting-death/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Reports released in Border Agent Nicholas Ivie’s shooting death, youths shot at U.S-Mexico border remembered, three Arizona sheriffs stay in office and one county gets a new one, U.S. elections reverberate across Mexico, and more. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102612_border_roundup/roundup-news-from-border-region/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102612_border_roundup/roundup-news-from-border-region/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Technology issues along the border, Latino perspectives on politics and reporting, families separated by deportation and a look at the intersection between detention demographics and public records laws, plus a recap of Border Patrol activity in Southern Arizona. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101312_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-follow-money/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101312_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-follow-money/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show For all the political rhetoric and chest pounding about border security in recent years, the United States has done very little, and politicians have said almost nothing about cutting off massive amounts of funds flowing illegally across the Southwest border and feeding the drug cartels. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101212_border_roundup/border-roundup-cross-border-shooting-economic-ties/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101212_border_roundup/border-roundup-cross-border-shooting-economic-ties/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A second shooting in as many weeks involving Border Patrol agents left a teenage boy dead in Mexico; plus, Arizonans take a look at the role of Mexico in the regional economy 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101112_bp_shooting/border-patrol-agent-shoots-kills-rock-thrower-across-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101112_bp_shooting/border-patrol-agent-shoots-kills-rock-thrower-across-border/#When: 17:14:000 John C. Scott Show Updated: A Border Patrol agent shot across the U.S.-Mexican border in Nogales late Wednesday night, killing a teenager as a group of people threw rocks at border agents who were investigating a load of narcotics dropped near the international boundary 2012-10-11T17:14:18-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101012_cartel_kingpins/capturing-and-killing-mexicos-cartel-kingpins-qa/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101012_cartel_kingpins/capturing-and-killing-mexicos-cartel-kingpins-qa/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show “How can we control the madness of drug distribution and infiltration into the United States? The obvious answer is to stop US drug consumption,” said Dr. Alex del Carmen, professor of Criminology. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100812_cartel_leader_arrested/mexico-arrests-drug-boss-linked-over-300-killings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100812_cartel_leader_arrested/mexico-arrests-drug-boss-linked-over-300-killings/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Mexico has arrested Los Zetas drug cartel leader ‘The Squirrel,’ who is allegedly linked to migrant massacres and the murder of a US tourist in 2010. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100512_jcscottshow/jc-scott-bp-agent-killed-by-friendly-fire/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100512_jcscottshow/jc-scott-bp-agent-killed-by-friendly-fire/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with Martha McSally, Republican congressional candidate in CD2, plus Mike Feder, general manager of the Tucson Padres; and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith with an update on the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100512_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-agent-killed-southwest-faces-enviro-threats/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100512_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-agent-killed-southwest-faces-enviro-threats/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The investigation continues in the shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, plus: Arizona law and order updates, and environmental threats faced in the Southwest. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100412_ivie_bp/family-slain-bp-agent-he-was-hero/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100412_ivie_bp/family-slain-bp-agent-he-was-hero/#When: 12:41:000 John C. Scott Show Updated: The family of slain Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie told reporters, “He was a hero.” Ivie was shot to death Tuesday morning near Bisbee. Two suspects are being held in Mexico in connection with the shooting; the FBI won’t confirm the arrests. 2012-10-04T12:41:58-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100112_atf_guns_mexican_violence/fast-and-furious-guns-linked-mexico-murders/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100112_atf_guns_mexican_violence/fast-and-furious-guns-linked-mexico-murders/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A new report by Spanish-language network Univision has found links between murders in Mexico and guns involved in the government’s “Fast and Furious” operation. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100112_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-disrupting-smuggling-its-source/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100112_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-disrupting-smuggling-its-source/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The challenge is by no means simple and the solution will take far more determination than has been applied so far. What will definitely not work are the simplistic one-dimensional answers that sound good on the evening news, but do little or nothing to stop the threat. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-flake-hits-carmona-tobacco-holdings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-flake-hits-carmona-tobacco-holdings/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Interviews with U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and the GOP state Senate candidate in LD9, Tyler Mott; plus attorney Don Loose. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_cartel_arrest/mexico-zetas-drug-cartel-leader-el-taliban-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_cartel_arrest/mexico-zetas-drug-cartel-leader-el-taliban-arrested/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Mexican marines have arrested suspected Zetas drug cartel leader Ivan Velázquez Caballero, otherwise known as ‘El Taliban.’ 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_mexico_jails/in-mexico-breaking-out-jail-easy-way/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_mexico_jails/in-mexico-breaking-out-jail-easy-way/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A massive, front-door prison walkout exposes gaping holes in Mexico’s corrections system. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092212_drugs_banks/big-banks-targeted-over-transfer-laundering-drug-cartel-funds/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092212_drugs_banks/big-banks-targeted-over-transfer-laundering-drug-cartel-funds/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Prosecutors in the U.S. and Mexico have major banks in their crosshairs for helping drug smugglers and money launderers transfer and hold their illegal earnings. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-clarence-dupnik-interviewed/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-clarence-dupnik-interviewed/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A lengthy interview with Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik on SB 1070, the suspension of correction officers accused of an after-hours assault, and more; plus Jim Nintzel, reporter for the Tucson Weekly 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091912_fast_and_furious/report-fast-furious-earlier-probe-lacked-oversight-put-public-risk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091912_fast_and_furious/report-fast-furious-earlier-probe-lacked-oversight-put-public-risk/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Government officials in Phoenix and Washington, D.C., mishandled two “gun-walking” operations in Arizona and put the public in serious risk in the process, according to an inspector general’s report released Wednesday. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091712_napolitano_border/napolitano-lauds-info-sharing-program-with-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091712_napolitano_border/napolitano-lauds-info-sharing-program-with-mexico/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Citing a new collaboration between law-enforcement agencies, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexican Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire say intelligence sharing between the U.S. and Mexico is enhancing security along the border and expediting crossings. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_mexico_pols_killed/two-mexican-politicians-killed-since-friday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_mexico_pols_killed/two-mexican-politicians-killed-since-friday/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Two politicians belonging to the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, have been killed in separate incidents in Mexico since Friday. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_jalisco_dead/mexico-17-bodies-dumped-jalisco-state/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_jalisco_dead/mexico-17-bodies-dumped-jalisco-state/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The bodies of 17 men were found in the central-west state of Jalisco, Mexico, the latest casualties of the country’s drug war. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091712_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-hit-cartels-where-it-hurts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091712_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-hit-cartels-where-it-hurts/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Much of the “secure the border” debate is nonsense. If the United States wants effective border security and not just a political punching bag where symbolism trumps common sense, then more effective law‐enforcement measures must be taken. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090412_money_drugs_and_guns/mexico-money-drugs-and-guns/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090412_money_drugs_and_guns/mexico-money-drugs-and-guns/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show We’re the consumers and we’re supplying the money and guns, says Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon. Hard to argue with that! 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082312_dhs_crimes/homeland-security-agents-smuggle-drugs-guns-obtain-child-porn/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082312_dhs_crimes/homeland-security-agents-smuggle-drugs-guns-obtain-child-porn/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Homeland Security is the first line of defense against threats to Americans, entrusted with guarding the borders, protecting the skies and cracking down on potential terrorist attacks. But instead, hundreds of DHS agents have been busy smuggling drugs, guns and illegal immigrants, obtaining child porn, and raking in thousands in bribes and theft. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels/high-tech-drug-tunnel-bust-unlikely-dissuade-smugglers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels/high-tech-drug-tunnel-bust-unlikely-dissuade-smugglers/#When: 10:04:000 John C. Scott Show Updated: Despite the discovery of a sophisticated border tunnel near Yuma a month ago, officials said the Sinaloa drug cartel may turn to tunnels even more often now to avoid detection as surface border security tightens. 2012-08-20T10:04:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_peace_caravan/peace-caravan-from-mexico-condemns-us-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_peace_caravan/peace-caravan-from-mexico-condemns-us-drug-war/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Carrying the weight of his murdered son’s memory, a Mexican poet is leading a national caravan — with stops in Tucson and Phoenix — to publicly condemn American drug policies. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels_tech/officials-high-tech-border-tunnels-take-money-time-and-engineering/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels_tech/officials-high-tech-border-tunnels-take-money-time-and-engineering/#When: 10:04:000 John C. Scott Show Updated: Drug tunnels are not a new problem on the border, but authorities say the number of sophisticated tunnels may be. Since November 2010, authorities have seized four tunnels into San Diego, and in July, the DEA found a 240-yard tunnel near Yuma. 2012-08-20T10:04:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/073012_texas_juveniles/juvenile-detention-center-texas-seen-as-model-reform/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/073012_texas_juveniles/juvenile-detention-center-texas-seen-as-model-reform/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The chief probation officer for three counties near the Texas-Mexico border is taking a “restorative justice” approach to rehabilitating juveniles held in drug-smuggling cases. That philosophy is at the root of a new detention center. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_mex_newspaper_attacks/mexican-paper-el-manana-stops-covering-violence-after-second-grenade-attack/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_mex_newspaper_attacks/mexican-paper-el-manana-stops-covering-violence-after-second-grenade-attack/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A newspaper in Nuevo Laredo announced Wednesday it would no longer cover “violent disputes” after a second grenade attack against its office in as many months. Other newspapers in northern Mexico have stopped publishing stories about the drug war to protect their journalists against threats. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_pri_drug_war/will-pris-return-mark-shift-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_pri_drug_war/will-pris-return-mark-shift-drug-war/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The likely return to power of PRI in Mexico has prompted many to question whether the party’s former alleged practice of making deals with cartel members will be the standard after President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto is sworn in on Dec. 1. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062012_border_enviro/barber-grijalva-split-waiver-enviro-rules-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/062012_border_enviro/barber-grijalva-split-waiver-enviro-rules-border/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The House voted Tuesday to relax environmental restrictions in a 100-mile buffer along the nation’s land borders, to make it easier for Border Patrol agents to do their jobs. Critics derided the bill as an overreach that would create a 100-mile “drone zone” of government surveillance around the country. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061512_az_border_tunnels/new-law-could-slow-smuggling-through-border-tunnels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061512_az_border_tunnels/new-law-could-slow-smuggling-through-border-tunnels/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show The Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012, signed into law last week by President Barack Obama, makes it a criminal offense for property owners to build, finance or let others build border tunnels on their property. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061312_cbp_drugs/3-arrested-trying-smuggle-meth-cocaine-into-us/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061312_cbp_drugs/3-arrested-trying-smuggle-meth-cocaine-into-us/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Three people were arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States in two incidents since Friday at the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061212_borderpatrol_pot/agents-find-more-than-1600-lbs-marijuana/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061212_borderpatrol_pot/agents-find-more-than-1600-lbs-marijuana/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,600 pounds of marijuana found in an abandoned vehicle near Stanfield on Tuesday morning. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060812_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-11m-worth-marijuana/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060812_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-11m-worth-marijuana/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than $1.1 million in marijuana that was found stuffed inside an abandoned vehicle Thursday south of Sonoita. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060612_borderpatrol_pot/16m-worth-pot-found-abandoned-trucks/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060612_borderpatrol_pot/16m-worth-pot-found-abandoned-trucks/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents discovered more than 3,200 pounds of marijuana in two abandoned vehicles in separate incidents Tuesday. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052912_borderpatrol_holiday_weekend/border-agents-rescue-1-find-nearly-1-ton-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052912_borderpatrol_holiday_weekend/border-agents-rescue-1-find-nearly-1-ton-pot/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly 1 ton of marijuana and rescued a dehydrated Mexican national from the desert in separate incidents over the holiday weekend. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052412_borderpatrol_pot/border-agents-find-more-than-3-tons-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052412_borderpatrol_pot/border-agents-find-more-than-3-tons-pot/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show Tucson Sector Border Patrol found over 3 tons of marijuana worth more than $3 million in abandoned vehicles east of Patagonia on Wednesday 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052312_cd8_debate/cd8-debate-barber-kelly-spar-over-social-security/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052312_cd8_debate/cd8-debate-barber-kelly-spar-over-social-security/#When: 19:37:000 John C. Scott Show Updated: 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. (listen to a replay) 2012-05-23T19:37:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_cbp_pot/woman-arrested-douglas-port-with-425-lbs-pot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051712_cbp_pot/woman-arrested-douglas-port-with-425-lbs-pot/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show 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. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_cbp_wheelchair_coke/7-lbs-cocaine-found-stuffed-wheelchair-cushion/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_cbp_wheelchair_coke/7-lbs-cocaine-found-stuffed-wheelchair-cushion/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show 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. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_cbp_cocaine/man-arrested-after-attempt-smuggle-heroin-meth-coke/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_cbp_cocaine/man-arrested-after-attempt-smuggle-heroin-meth-coke/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show 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. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051412_wildfires_investigations/officials-unable-id-causes-monument-horseshoe-2-fires/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show 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. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050712_borderpatrol_pot/agents-seize-more-than-1200-lbs-pot-arrest-4/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show 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. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_immigration_texas_sheriff/immigration-forefront-texas-sheriff-race/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050712_immigration_texas_sheriff/immigration-forefront-texas-sheriff-race/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show A controversial immigration-enforcement policy is at the forefront of the sheriff’s race in Travis County, Texas. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050412_mex_dead/14-decapitated-9-hanged-bodies-found-nuevo-laredo/ 00:00:00Z John C. Scott Show 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. 2013-06-19T00:00:07+00:00