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NEWS ABOUT: Mexican border

Mexican border stories: 38 news summaries

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Busiest US-Mexico Crossing Closed After Gunfight

US agents open fire on coordinated effort to smuggle in illegal immigrants

Sep 22, 09 9:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A coordinated effort to get illegal immigrants into the US devolved into a gunfight today in San Diego, and shut down the busiest US-Mexico border crossing. Four people were injured after US agents opened fire on three vans attempted to speed through the San Ysido Port of Entry from Tijuana... More »

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Mexican border • San Diego • illegal immigration • Tijuana • border crossing • gunfight • San Ysidro

 Mexican Immigrants 
 Stay Put, Despite 
 Recession 

Fewer entering US, report finds

Jul 22, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The recession hasn’t sped the return of Mexican immigrants home from the US, a Pew report finds, though the number of Mexicans entering the US has continued to decline. Some 433,000 people returned to Mexico last year, versus 479,000 two years before, the Washington Post reports. But... More »

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immigration • Mexico • Mexican border • recession • illegal immigration

(Newser) - Improved security along the US-Mexico border has pushed enterprising smugglers to the sea in any manner of craft, the New York Times reports. Authorities have been catching twice as many illegal immigrants as usual—and seized 7 times the typical quantity of drugs—in recent months from boats and beaches,... More »

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Mexico • ocean • Mexican border • sea • illegal immigration • smuggling • drug smuggling

Two Minutemen Leaders Held in Ariz. Slayings

Dad, 9-year-old girl killed in raid to steal cash, drugs, cops say

Jun 14, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of three people arrested in the Arizona murder of a 9-year-old and her father were involved with a small anti-illegal immigrant group, the AP reports. Shawna Forde, the founder of Minutemen American Defense, and Jason Bush, its operations director, were charged with murder, assault, and burglary in the home... More »

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drugs • crime • murder • Mexican border • burglary • assault • Minutemen • home invasion • border watch • Raul Flores • Shawna Forde • Jason Eugene Bush

  Massive Drug Tunnel
  Found Under Mexico Border

Elaborate smuggling tunnel to Arizona has electricity, ventilation system

Jun 12, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Border Patrol has uncovered one of the biggest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels under the Mexican border it has ever seen, CNN reports. The 83-foot tunnel to Arizona from Nogales, Mexico, was still under construction when it was found after a tipoff from somebody who heard construction sounds.... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • Border Patrol • drug cartel • tunnel • Nogales • smuggling • drug smuggling

(Newser) - A Mexican surfer off a California beach was busted for trying to smuggle 24 pounds of pot on his board, reports the Los Angeles Times. When suspicious cops on the beach close to the Mexican border ordered the surfer to come ashore, he heaved a duffel bag into the water.... More »

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California • crime • beach • Mexican border • San Diego • marijuana • surfboard • surfers • smuggling • drug smuggling • Mexican

11 Mutilated Bodies Found
in Arizona Van in Mexico

Bodies left with threatening messages from drug cartels

Jun 5, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican police have found the shot and mutilated bodies of 11 men in a stolen van with Arizona plates near the US border, Reuters reports. The arms and legs of most of the bodies had been hacked off. Threatening messages believed to be from a drug cartel were left with... More »

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Mexico • murder • Mexican border • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

(Newser) - US counterterrorism officials are worried that al-Qaeda may mount a biological attack from Mexico and could even seek to collaborate with domestic terrorists, the Washington Times reports. The fears are bolstered by a February video from Kuwait al-Qaeda recruiter Abdullah al-Nafisi. In the video, Nafisi boasted that anthrax “... More »

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Mexico • Hezbollah • homeland security • Mexican border • anthrax • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • bioterrorism • Abdullah al-Nafisi

(Newser) - Law enforcement expects to seize $1 billion worth of pot along one stretch of southern Arizona this year, and that’s just 20% of the marijuana they believe will be smuggled into the area from Mexico. But there’s little they can do about it, NPR reports; the region is... More »

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Mexico • Arizona • Mexican border • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • Native Americans • drug smuggling • Tohono O'odham Nation

 Mexican Migration Plummets 

Would-be migrants wary of paying smugglers' fees as jobs dry up

May 15, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of Mexicans heading to the US has plunged as the American job market continues to tank, the New York Times reports. Census data from the Mexican government shows that emigration—with the vast majority to America—was down 25% in the year ending August 2008, and there has... More »

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immigration • Mexico • Mexican border • recession • illegal immigration • Jay-ZTV

 Shut Mexican Border: 
 US Lawmaker 

Massa says swine flu necessitates 'immediate' closure

Apr 26, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Democratic member of the House Homeland Security Committee has called for the US-Mexico border to be closed as the number of swine flu cases continues to mount, reports the Hill. Eric Massa of New York said that swine flu is "a serious threat to the health of the... More »

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Congress • Mexico • Mexican border • outbreak • border • swine flu • Eric Massa

 Obama Seeks $83.4B for Wars 


Apr 9, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will ask Congress for $83.4 billion in supplemental funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the AP reports. Obama had in the past opposed such requests outside of the federal budget, but the administration says it's necessary one final time to fund the military through the... More »

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Congress • Mexican border • foreign aid • border security • war funding • federal budget • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • supplemental funding

Border Patrol Destroys Foliage With Chemicals

Killing plants will cut hiding places for immigrants, smugglers

Mar 25, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to keep smugglers and illegal immigrants from hiding in heavy vegetation as they attempt to cross the Mexican border, the US Border Patrol is looking to Agent Orange for inspiration. One plan for cutting down on possible hiding places on riverbanks is to use an herbicide that... More »

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illegal immigrant • border control • Mexican border • Border Patrol • smuggler • herbicide • border crossing • Agent Orange • Laredo, Texas • Rio Grande

OPINION

 Prepare for Worst 
 as Mexico Crumbles 


Mar 24, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico’s disastrous drug war, which threatens to send millions of refugees into the southern US, is a problem of our own making, Mark Krikorian writes in the National Review. But while America’s drug lust—and its burgeoning counterpart in Mexico itself—can’t be fixed, tighter border regulations... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • illegal immigration • drug cartel • border security

OPINION

 Mexican 
 Kidnappers 
 Menace Yanks 


Mar 8, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug gangs are increasingly targeting Americans, kidnapping them in border towns and, even more disturbingly, US cities like Las Vegas and even Atlanta, Mary A. Fischer writes in Men’s Journal. Ironically, higher post-9/11 border security and Mexico's crackdown on drug cartels has hurt drug sales, forcing competing... More »

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Mexico • kidnapping • Mexican border • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • US citizenship

 Drug Cartels' Latest Ploy: 
 Ultralight Planes 

Ultralight aircraft are the Mexican cartels' newest tactic

Mar 6, 09 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Mexican pot smugglers have come up with a new tool in their never-ending quest to outsmart US border patrols: ultralight aircraft, USA Today reports. An ultralight is a small plane resembling a scooter with a hang glider attached, and authorities have found several crashed or in mid-flight over the border... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Mexican border • marijuana • Mexican drug war • Border Patrol • smuggler • aircraft • Bill Maher • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Arizona’s three state universities are following the State Department and attempting to dissuade students from spending spring break in Mexican border towns, a traditional pastime, because of drug-associated violence there, the AP reports. One federal official called the warning “sage advice,” noting “documented violence, attacks, killings”... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Arizona • Mexican border • University of Arizona • Mexican drug war • gang violence • Tijuana • drug cartel • spring break • Ciudad Juarez • Nogales

Mexico Calls in Army as
Drug War Escalates

President deploys 45,000 troops into major cities

Feb 20, 09 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexican President Felipe Calderón yesterday defended his decision to deploy 45,000 troops in major cities in his fight against the drug cartels, reports the Washington Post. In a speech to the army, Calderón said the military would remain in place until it had regained control of the... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • Mexican drug war • Mexican army • drug traffickers • Felipe Calderón

'Narco-Protests' Paralyze Mexican Border Crossings

Authorities believe anti-military protesters are in the pay of drug cartels

Feb 19, 09 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Civilian protesters suspected of being in the pay of drug traffickers have blocked Mexican bridges to the US in recent days, demanding that the military leave their cities, the Dallas Morning News reports. Officials see the demonstrations—dubbed "narco-protests"—as a worrying new development amid a wave of... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • Mexican army • drug cartel

Mexican Border 
Arrests Hit 30-Year Low 

Recession, enforcement keep Mexicans at home

Dec 29, 08 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The number of people trying to sneak into the US appears to be plummeting, thanks to tougher enforcement and the beleaguered US economy, USA Today reports. Just 705,000 people were caught trying to sneak in from Mexico in fiscal 2008, the lowest total since 1976. “We're definitely... More »

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illegal immigrant • Mexico • Mexican border • Department of Homeland Security • Border Patrol • illegal immigration • border • economy

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