US Mexico Border

Border Bullet Bust: 268,000 Rounds Seized From Truck Entering Mexico

AP | Posted 04.18.2012

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Mexican customs inspectors seized 268,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition found in a U.S. truck at a border crossing in Ci...

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Drought Sparks Water Dispute With Texas And Mexican Farmers

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 04.17.2012

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McALLEN, Texas -- Melted snow providing water for irrigation had barely begun burbling down a bone-dry Rio Grande toward a thin 4-mile-wide strip of f...

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A Surprising New Border Patrol Strategy

| Posted 04.16.2012

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Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Tia Ghose A little randomness in deploying Border Patrol agents might work best to prevent illegal ...

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WATCH: 80-Foot Rattlesnake Leads Parade From Texas To Mexico

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 02.29.2012

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A rattlesnake made its way across the U.S.-Mexico border from Texas recently. But this wasn’t an ordinary snake -- it was a serpent crafted from bic...

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Arizona Restaurant Offers 'Border Patrol Burrito'

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 02.24.2012

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Tacho's Tacos in Arizona added a new item to its menu to better accommodate the majority of its clientele: the border patrol burrito. Situated four...

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4 Out Of 5 Reintroduced Wolves Found Dead In Mexico

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 04.23.2012

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves to a mountain range just south of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort to ...

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US Immigration's 'Culture of Cruelty' Stretches from AZ to Massachusetts

Aviva Chomsky | Posted 04.14.2012

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Aviva Chomsky

Cruelty on the U.S.-Mexico border is an inevitable handmaiden to a set of policies that create and enforce inequality and systematically dehumanize those on the losing end.

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US Faces Tough Fight In Cash Smuggling Crackdown

AP | By ERIC TUCKER | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico ...

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Darrell Issa: Department Of Justice 'Has Blood On Their Hands'

Posted 03.27.2012

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Rep. Darrell Issa (R- Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, says that the Department of Justice has "blood on their hands" following the...

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Border Patrol Station To Open In New Mexico's Lawless, Unguarded Bootheel

AP | By RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 01.21.2012

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ANIMAS, N.M. -- The U.S. Border Patrol Friday announced it is building an outpost in New Mexico's Bootheel, one of the last unguarded regions between ...

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WATCH: What Migrants Left Behind While Crossing The Border

The Huffington Post | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 01.24.2012

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Not many people consider the human side of immigration, let alone take the time to document the belongings of those left behind by the migrants crossi...

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An 'Animal Farm' Enters the Annals of US Border Enforcement

Gabriel Schivone | Posted 03.18.2012

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Gabriel Schivone

The federal deployment of horses to the border is creating a rodeo of dramatic irony that would assail even the imagination of classic satirist George Orwell.

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Ignored Tragedies Remain in Wake of Giffords Shooting Anniversary

Gabriel Schivone | Posted 03.11.2012

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Gabriel Schivone

This week as communities the world over justly mourn the victims of last year's Tucson's shootings, the violent death of young Torres--one case in a larger pattern--remain barely known.

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Rancho La Puerta, A 71-Year-Old Mexican Classic

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 01.11.2012

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Andrea R. Vaucher

"Romanian Professor Founds Cult Across Border in Tecate."

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U.S.-Mexico Border To Become Less Militarized

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to reduce the number of National Guard troops deployed at the U.S. border with Mexico, the spo...

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U.S. Proposes First Unmanned Border Crossing With Mexico

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 02.10.2012

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BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas — The bloody drug war in Mexico shows no sign of relenting. Neither do calls for tighter border security amid risi...

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U.S.-Mexico Border Arrests Continue To Drop

AP | By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 12.06.2011

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ALICIA A. CALDWELL, The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Arrests of undocumented immigrants along the U.S. border with Mexico are at the lowest level...

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On Southern Border, Essential Figure Continues To Fall

Posted 02.05.2012

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ALICIA A. CALDWELL, The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Arrests of undocumented immigrants along the U.S. border with Mexico are at the lowest level...

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GOP Candidates Making Promise They Could Not Possibly Keep

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 12.06.2011

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By WILL WEISSERT, ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas -- Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have promised to complete a nearly 1,950-mile fence. Michele Bach...

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Cristina Costantini

En Miami, A Decir 'Hola' Or To Say 'Hello'

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 11.30.2011

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The choice of whether to address a stranger in English or Spanish is often a split-second decision -- one which has provoked much conversation in the ...

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Mexican Trucker To Be Sentenced In Drug Tunnel Case

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 01.28.2012

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SAN DIEGO — A Mexican trucker was sentenced Monday to nearly 16 years in prison for his role in two major drug tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico bor...

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Arizona Mounts New Push To Fence Entire Southern Border

Posted 11.24.2011

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By AMANDA LEE MYERS and JACQUES BILLEAUD, The Associated Press PHOENIX -- Arizona is taking on immigration once again, with state lawmakers collect...

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Perry Tackles Obama On Big Issue

AP | BETH FOUHY and PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.18.2012

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NEW YORK — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry assailed President Barack Obama anew Friday – this time on an arms-trafficking probe...

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Feds Use Predator Drones Close To Home

AP | By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 11.13.2011

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Two Border Patrol agents walked by a patch of brush on a remote ranch and saw nothing. But 19,000 feet overhead in the night ...

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Another Fast And Furious Link To The Bush Administration

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON — A briefing paper prepared for Attorney General Michael Mukasey during the Bush administration in 2007 outlined failed attempts by f...

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