Border Patrol
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Humans, guns, untaxed cigarettes, kiddie porn, pirated software, and other digital contraband are out on the roads
Hundreds of thousands of cops have been impacted by a seminar that began with a dozen officers crammed into an elementary school classroom
American cops are “force multipliers in counterterrorism,” says Fred Burton, one of the world’s foremost authorities on terrorists and terrorist organizations
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a Mexican teenager killed by a Border Patrol agent was protected by the U.S. Constitution, even though he was on Mexican soil
Border Patrol does not have the staff to process all the immigrants crossing in the Rio Grande Valley, but faraway colleagues have time to spare
The FBI is investigating Thursday’s incident
Jesus Leonel Sanchez-Meza, also known as Lionel Portillo-Meza, was arraigned in federal court in Tucson on Wednesday
Agent Alexander Giannini died and a second agent was injured in a rollover accident Wednesday
More than 600 suspected gang members have been arrested in the Homeland Security Department’s largest crackdown on street gangs
If immigrants find themselves in a dangerous predicament, they can press a button on the tower that alerts authorities of their location
Several sheriffs will no longer honor requests from federal immigration authorities to continue to detain someone once they are eligible to be released
They were camped under tents and huts camouflaged with mesquite branches and cacti. Some told authorities they had been there sleeping on pieces of cardboard with little food or water for at least a week
U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said the discoveries foiled cartel plans to sneak large quantities of drugs across the border
Two heavily armed, camouflaged Mexican soldiers crossed 50 yards inside Arizona in January and drew their guns against U.S. Border Patrol agents
On the night of December 14, 2010, Brian was part of a four-man team situated on a slight rise in a rugged area on the Arizona-Mexican Border North of Rio Rico called Peck Canyon
Officers tried to arrest him after he failed a field sobriety test, but he dashed across the highway and disappeared into the woods
A house overflowing with more than 100 people presumed to be in the U.S. illegally was uncovered just outside Houston on Wednesday
“Criticism drives a more responsible and better government,” Alejandro Mayorkas said
Steven Brian Keith, 58, died about 7 hours after he was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint, EMTs assumed he was faking a seizure
Police professionals know about the consequences of even small head wounds — none of which are pleasant — but Border Patrol agents may know best about a rock’s impact with the head
FBI believes a Border Patrol agent found dead in his Texas home is responsible for the kidnapping and assault of three women who were in the country illegally
Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher directed border agents not to step in front of moving vehicles, nor to use their bodies to block them, in order to open fire at drivers
Less than half the people Arizona Department of Public Safety officers suspect are in the country illegally are picked up by immigration authorities or booked into jail
Secretary Jeh Johnson has been reviewing the rules about when border agents can use their guns since he took office in December
Agent said he was hit in the head with a rock and fired at least twice in fear for his life
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday dropped nine counts of conspiracy and fraud against the 60-year-old former president of the National Border Patrol Council
A man will be sentenced in federal court Monday in the killing of a border agent in a police sting in which agents lost track of hundreds of guns sold to criminals
The account marks the most complete publicly available summary by prosecutors of the Dec. 14, 2010, firefight
AB1327 would require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants except in certain emergencies
Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said much of the increase was due to an influx of would-be immigrants from Central America
The 12-pound robots let agents navigate an underground labyrinth in a fraction of the time it would take an agent to explore the tunnel
Adam Garibay fatally shot Keith Martin, then led police on an 18-mile pursuit before he was forced off the road
