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Texas hard-line tactics putting migrant lives in danger, activists say
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Civil rights activists again are raising red flags after Texas and New Mexico firefighters on Tuesday rescued 54 imperiled migrants from the swelling waters of the Rio Grande. The mass rescue in a portion of the river that meanders between Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico comes two weeks after […]
Cartel gave man Chevrolet Suburban to smuggle ‘ice’ into US, affidavit says
The street value of crystal meth, or “ice,” varies according to location, purity and demand, according to the Justice Department. A December 2022 bust in Dallas, for instance, involved 120 pounds of “ice” the DOJ valued at $1 million to $2 million. Last March, authorities in West Virginia seized 208 pounds of crystal meth they said was worth $9.4 million.
54 people pulled out Rio Grande; several cases of hypothermia reported
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso and Sunland Park Fire departments and other agencies pulled 54 people out of the Rio Grande near the Texas-New Mexico state line during a water rescue mission on Tuesday evening, July 9, according to EP Fire. El Paso and Sunland Park Fire departments initially responded at about 5 […]
Texas to install anti-climb barriers in El Paso, governor says
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Texas soldiers in El Paso are installing new rows of razor wire in a stretch of the Rio Grande where they took down the barrier last week. Uniformed members of the Texas Army National Guard wearing hard hats walked along a recently mowed levee to set up thin metal […]
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 […]
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