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Border Patrol finds three bodies in New Mexico desert
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – People on the move continue to die in a deadly Southern New Mexico desert corridor. The U.S. Border Patrol confirmed its agents located three deceased individuals last Monday near its Santa Teresa, New Mexico, station. The area, extending several miles west from NM Highway 9 near the Santa Teresa […]
McDonald’s massacre survivor recalls ordeal 40 years later
"Scars remain, it never goes away, there’s always a scar in your memory, inside you, it may not be a physical wound," said Flanagan. "It’s an emotional wound, you learn to deal with it and grow from it, it’s taken me a long time but here I am.”
CBP: Migrant encounters down to early 2021 levels
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The federal government officially confirmed on Monday what multiple national news outlets have been reporting for almost two weeks – apprehensions of undocumented migrants at the border plummeted in June. The acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Border Patrol migrant encounters between ports of entry declined […]
Couple stopped at border with $750k in undeclared cash
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Federal officials have filed felony smuggling charges against a couple allegedly trying to leave the United States with more than three-quarters of a million dollars stashed in the spare tire of a pickup truck. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents discovered the cash after subjecting a GMC Sierra driven […]
Two charged with smuggling nearly 3,000 bullets to Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two men who initially told investigators they visited El Paso to sell goats and purchase clothing are being held in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle 2,820 bullets into Mexico, federal court documents allege. A federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas on Wednesday charged Jaime […]
Drug lord Caro Quintero’s nephew extradited to US
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The government of Mexico has made good on last year’s promise to hand over to U.S. authorities the nephew and alleged associate of jailed drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. Mexican officials at the Toluca International Airport turned over Rodrigo Omar Paez Quintero to U.S. agents so he can face […]
Volunteers leave bottled water for migrants in deadly smuggling corridor
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (Border Report) – The rocks are jagged, and the sand is hot. The 12- to 24-inch wide paths often trail off 100 feet down. A fall from Mount Cristo Rey means broken bones and possibly death. But it is the sun, that burns the skin and leaves lips dry, that has […]
McDonald’s massacre largely forgotten says movie producer
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — On July 18, 1984, a man named James Huberty walked into a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, California killing 21 people including an 8-month-old baby boy. Huberty, an unemployed security guard, had told his wife he was “going hunting, hunting for humans.” “It breaks my heart. I’m definitely looking at […]
Warning: Americans at risk of kidnapping in Reynosa
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The State Department has issued an advisory for Americans to avoid travel to the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas due to crime and kidnapping. The Level 4 advisory was prompted by continuous reports of organized abductions for ransom in buses departing from Reynosa. “These kidnappings have occurred predominantly in […]
US, Mexico deterring migration through cruelty, border nonprofit says
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A border nonprofit says the Biden administration and the governments of Texas and Mexico are deterring migration through cruelty and making it easier for criminals to victimize the migrants. Thus, the El Paso-based Hope Border Institute is calling on the Biden administration to rescind recent asylum restrictions between ports […]
Drive to oust Tijuana mayor from Morena Party gains steam
"I respect the institution, I will not fall for this provocation, I've always followed the platforms," said Caballero. "I never challenged my colleague's candidacy as a way to demonstrate peace within our party something I truly wanted, nevertheless, these accusations continue."
Woman allegedly kept daughters chained in water closet
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in Juarez, Mexico, have arrested a 29-year-old woman who allegedly chained her two daughters in a water closet and left the family home. Police officers took custody of the girls, aged 7 and 9, after receiving a call from a neighbor Wednesday afternoon, the Municipal Public Safety Secretariat […]
Texas man linked to fentanyl deaths gets 20 years in prison
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy that led to the deaths of two men. The first death took place in May 2022 in Kermit, Texas. Court records show law enforcement responded to an unattended death of […]
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