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60% of newly arrived migrants find jobs
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Three out of five newly arrived migrants have found jobs in the United States and are contributing to the growth of the economy, according to a study released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The Dallas Fed used annual census population surveys, Congressional Budget Office data and […]
Missing Washington state child found in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A man and a child missing from Washington state since June 3 have been found safe and sound in Mexico. Authorities in Pullman, Washington, had been looking for Aaron Aung for failing to return his 2-year-old daughter Seraya Aung Harmon to her mother’s custody. The City of Pullman said […]
Border Patrol ramps up technology to nab smugglers
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The federal government has deployed a new x-ray machine to catch drivers attempting to smuggle drugs and other illicit cargo in commercial trucks along the busy Interstate 35 corridor in South Texas. The multi-energy portal (MEP) is up and running at the U.S. Border Patrol I-35 checkpoint north of […]
Ultramarathon was ‘victory over the cartels,’ Chihuahua officials say
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – On July 2, a drug cartel hung warnings from street signs informing residents of a picturesque mountain enclave in the border state of Chihuahua that the town was theirs. The criminals said they had a list of people they planned to kill and established a 10 p.m. curfew for […]
Florida trucker crams 15 migrants into cab of semi
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Florida trucker allegedly crammed 15 unauthorized migrants in the cab of his semi to sneak them past a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in New Mexico. Border agents on Tuesday night arrested Raimundo Gomez as he became nervous during questioning at the Interstate 10 checkpoint west of Las Cruces, […]
Texas takes down border razor wire
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The Texas military has taken down razor wire – meant to discourage illegal immigration from Mexico – along a stretch of the Rio Grande from Downtown El Paso to Old Fort Bliss. Border Report cameras on both sides captured the striking sight of several large piles of worn barbwire […]
Tropical Storm Alberto didn’t aid South Texas’ drought as expected
South Texas has been experiencing a three-year drought, leaving the lower Rio Grande area in a critical state with two of the region's major water reservoirs at record-low levels. The arrival of a tropical storm on the Texas Coast brought hope for relief, but Alberto failed to deliver.
US captures, removes Mexican femicide suspect
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – U.S. immigration authorities have turned over to Mexico a man wanted for the Dec. 6 killing of a woman in the state of Sonora. Federal agents escorted the suspect only identified as Alfredo N., a commercial truck driver, to waiting Mexican authorities at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry […]
Sunland Park Fire helps recover 4 bodies in desert
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Sunland Park Fire Department (SPFD) helped recover four bodies in the desert Monday afternoon, July 1, the department said through their X account. All bodies were found by Border Patrol between 5600 McNutt and Bi-national Avenue, SPFD said. SPFD assisted the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of […]
Bar owner forced woman to have sex with men for $12.50
U.S. authorities have deported to Honduras a woman accused of recruiting under false premises females in that Central American country to work at a bar in Mexico whose owner expected them to prostitute themselves.
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