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
Government wasted millions building housing project for agents, spending nearly $700K per house in a town where average home costs less than $90K
About 1K officers fanned out across city’s downtown to search dozens of businesses suspected of taking bulk cash funneled by drug cartels for clothing exported to Mexico
Coordination is challenging among the law enforcement entities alone. Armed civilian militias further complicate the effort
The man dropped his gun and identified himself as a militia member and was not arrested
U.S. immigration authorities must revamp their practices to ensure Mexicans accused of living in the country illegally are properly informed of their right to a hearing before an immigration judge
Presence of armed militia members working on their own has added one more variable to an already complex situation
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that sending troops to the border will defend not just his home state but the entire nation from “narco-terrorists”
U.S. authorities on Wednesday filed smuggling charges against the driver of a car carrying two Mexican men found dead inside the trunk
Slaying is at the center of a scandal over a botched U.S. gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious
The Guard troops will be armed for self-defense and trained to avoid confrontation with border crossers as they help back up federal border agents
A suspect in the 2010 killing of agent Brian Terry, the slaying at the center of the scandal over the botched gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious, was extradited to the U.S. Thursday
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, 16, was in Nogales, Sonora, near the tall, steel fence that divides the United States and Mexico when a Border Patrol agent shot him from Nogales, Arizona in 2012
An unusual amount of rain knocked down 60 feet of the rebar-reinforced steel fence that divides the U.S. and Mexico
Gov. Jerry Brown took a dig at Texas’ decision to deploy National Guard troops to the border, saying that “wiser minds will prevail”
Since mid-June, Texas already has been paying an additional $1.3M per week to put more troopers and game wardens in South Texas
Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said a “full deployment of military resources” to the U.S.-Mexico border is needed to address the illegal-immigration issues he witnessed
Sheriffs said they have not been consulted and question the wisdom of sending military personnel who are not authorized to stop, question or arrest anyone
A Texas hospital and its emergency room physicians have reached a $1.1M settlement with a New Mexico woman who sued them and U.S. customs officials
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
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