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A Border Patrol vehicle outside of the San Miguel gate on the Tohono O'odham Nation.

A 23-year-old man faces federal charges after he ran over a migrant while fleeing from a Border Patrol agent during a vehicle stop last week near the Tohono O'odham Nation. Read more»

The truck driven by Glen Ray Cockrum, Jr. in the Walmart parking lot.

Nogales Police officers and Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies face a federal lawsuit after shooting and killing a 39-year-old man as he drove a "lumbering" semi-tractor through a Walmart parking during an incident in May 2021. Read more»

Victor Escalon, an official with the Texas Department of Public Safety, offered additional details Thursday about the law enforcement response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school.

The police response to the active shooter call has drawn mounting scrutiny in the days since the massacre. Texas officials have given vague and conflicting answers on what exactly happened after the gunman arrived at the school, and parents have criticized police for not acting quickly enough. Read more»

A Mexican man died in the early morning hours Tuesday after allegedly assaulting a Border Patrol agent while in custody near the U.S.-Mexico border in Douglas, Ariz., authorities said. Read more»

The border wall east of Douglas, Ariz. near Geronimo Trail Road in June 2021.

The Cochise County Attorney's Office will not pursue charges against the Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a Mexican man during a violent incident in rugged terrain near the Arizona-New Mexico border in February. Read more»

After withering criticism and allegations that they have worked to "cover up" shootings involving agents, Border Patrol's Critical Incident Teams are being "eliminated," announced Chris Magnus, head of Customs and Border Protection. Read more»

Stephen Bannon, Kris Kobach, and Brian Kolfage during an event in Sahuarita, Ariz., in Feb. 2019.

Brian Kolfage, a former Tucsonan and wounded Air Force veteran who led a failed effort to raise millions of dollars to build a privately funded wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Thursday. Read more»

Three people were killed and five seriously injured when the driver of a SUV crashed into a semi-tractor trailer after refusing to stop for an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper north of Tucson on Thursday morning, authorities said. Read more»

The Biden administration will appeal a federal judge’s order striking down a mask mandate for air travel and public transit, subject to a decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday night. Read more»

Nogales Fire Department personnel work to rescue a woman who was trapped on the border wall approximately 15 feet above the ground after two smugglers abandoned her during an incident in 2017.

A 32-year-old Mexican woman died after becoming ensnared on the border wall near Douglas on Monday night, ending up trapped for hours, authorities said. Read more»

A border marker near the Slaughter Ranch, east of Douglas, Ariz.

The family of a Mexican migrant shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in rugged terrain near Douglas wants an independent investigation of the violent February incident and will likely pursue a lawsuit against the agency. Read more»

Following two deadly incidents in Southern Arizona involving U.S. Border Patrol agents — including a fatal shooting, and a pursuit that ended in a crash that killed two — U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva called for "comprehensive" investigations from a federal watchdog. Read more»

Two people were killed and four were seriously injured when a pickup pursued by Border Patrol agents crashed and rolled over on the frontage road parallel to I-19 south of Tucson on Monday night. Read more»

Border wall construction near Guadalupe Canyon, just along the U.S.-Mexico border in June 2021.

A Mexican migrant was shot four times by a Border Patrol agent—twice in the face and twice more in the chest—during a fatal incident nearly two weeks ago in remote part of Southeastern Arizona, according to a just-released autopsy report. Read more»

A still from a video camera inside one of the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector stations showing a group of men sleeping on the floor beneath mylar survival blankets.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has agreed to pay more than $3.8 million in attorney's fees and other litigation expenses stemming from a class-action lawsuit launched against the agency over the treatment and care of migrants in custody in Southern Arizona. Read more»

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