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Posted May 25, 2022, 2:19 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Despite "red-flag" conditions Tuesday, firefighters were able to attack the Elgin Bridge Fire and established new containment lines keeping the wildfire from overrunning ranch houses and high-voltage power lines in the area southeast of Tucson.... Read more»
Posted Jun 22, 2010, 10:00 am
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Beyond the warring gangs and struggle for drug-trafficking routes, here are five things about Mexico’s drug war that may surprise you.... Read more»
Posted Jun 21, 2010, 3:35 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The police chief of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, and his bodyguard were shot Saturday night. Erick Landagaray Macias, and his bodyguard Luis Huerta Ibarra, were ambushed around 11 p.m. while patrolling the resort town, also known as Rocky Point.... Read more»
Posted Jun 21, 2010, 9:55 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
Gov. Jan Brewer's support has gone up for the third month in a row, according to a new poll.... Read more»
Posted Jun 21, 2010, 8:30 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Mention immigration and hardliners grouse about an "open door" policy that results in a porous border, welcoming freeloaders and criminals. But dozens of Texas counties participate in a program called Secure Communities, which aims to ferret out criminal aliens and expedite their removal.... Read more»
Posted Jun 19, 2010, 1:59 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
"Perception often trumps reality" says an analysis of the issue of illegal immigrants and crime in the New York Times.... Read more»
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Posted Jun 18, 2010, 4:18 pm
Roberto De Vido
/politicomix
The boys and girls who work in C.S.I.: Ciudad Juarez are kept busy, but for the most part, their cases aren't too tough to solve.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2010, 1:48 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Saying he wants to avoid a costly court battle with Gov. Jan Brewer, state Attorney General Terry Goddard will withdraw as Arizona's legal counsel in suits over SB 1070 and HB 2162.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2010, 1:14 pm
Curtis Prendergast
/TucsonSentinel.com
As has been the case recently, immigration news in Arizona revolved around SB 1070. But shaking things up this weekend is a group of right-wing activists - led by a reputed neo-Nazi - attempting to take border enforcement into their own hands. Plus a roundup of the week's border news.... Read more»
Posted Jun 18, 2010, 10:09 am
John Solomon
/Center for Public Integrity
Key electronics for millions of American e-Passports, the crown jewel of a new U.S. border security system, are put together inside a little-known factory in Ayutthaya, Thailand - a city that's been subjected to terrorist attacks.... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2010, 1:58 pm
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told an Ecuadorean TV station that the Justice Department will sue over Arizona's controversial law cracking down on illegal immigration, but the Obama Administration would not confirm it Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2010, 6:40 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
Despite an army crackdown and vicious turf battles that have led to the capture or killings of thousands of Mexico's drug traffickers, the most notorious mobsters are still at large. Four key kingpins stand out for their power and notoriety.... Read more»
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Posted Jun 16, 2010, 10:54 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
Robert Krentz, the Southern Arizona rancher killed in March, may have been helping an illegal immigrant shortly before he was shot to death.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2010, 8:26 am
Amy McMullen
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
It becomes apparent that this proposed legislation has some very disturbing and bizarre consequences that nobody has discussed yet.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2010, 7:25 am
Ann Garcia
/Center for American Progress
Those who support the Arizona’s draconian new immigration law have justified it with hyperbole, exaggeration, and falsehoods about the state’s crime rate. It’s ironic that violent crime rates in the state have been declining.... Read more»
Posted Jun 16, 2010, 6:57 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
The federal government could begin cracking down on employers who hire undocumented workers and on residents with expired visas, according to a copy of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's new strategic plan.... Read more»