A Mexican man was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison earlier this month after he was found guilty of conspiracy and firearms offenses as part of three-man "rip crew" in 2014 by robbing marijuana smugglers in Southern Arizona's deserts.
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Cochise County ranchers have sued the Trump administration, claiming contractors "trespassed onto and destroyed private property" while building a new section of the 30-foot-tall border wall, and sent "shrapnel, and car-sized boulders" into the ranch during blasting work.
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The last man to face charges for the 2010 gunfight that killed Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry near Nogales, Ariz., was arraigned in federal court on Monday, and faces a first-degree murder trial. Read more»
One of the men involved in the 2010 gunfight that killed Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry near Nogales was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge Wednesday.
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A cross-border tunnel was discovered late Tuesday night in Nogales, Arizona, and border agents arrested two men and seized more than 200 pounds of narcotics, including methamphetamine.
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In less than a week, the number of cross-border tunnels discovered in a year rose to five after Border Patrol agents found another tunnel beneath the streets of Nogales. Read more»
Border Patrol agents and Mexico's Federal Police discovered yet another tunnel running under the streets of Nogales on Wednesday, the fourth found in the area in under a year. Read more»
Gunmen ambushed members of a Mormon community near a town in northern Mexico on Monday morning, killing three women and six children, and wounding five other children.
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