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Pennsylvania murder suspect caught in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican authorities say they have expelled a U.S. citizen wanted in connection with a murder committed in Pennsylvania. The suspect only identified as Donald Xavier T., 52, was apprehended earlier this week by the Chihuahua state police and turned over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday at […]
Contract to deepen Brownsville port issued as LNG terminal and pipeline permits revoked
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have awarded a $104 million contract for the deepening of a South Texas ship channel at the Brownsville Port after a court recently revoked permits for the building of a liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal and pipeline there.
Texas expands razor wire along river banks in Eagle Pass and El Paso
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas National Guard troops are installing more razor wire along the Rio Grande in South and West Texas, at a time when some environmentalists say they're actually seeing a draw down in activity.
FAA delays public hearings on SpaceX as state agency faults wastewater discharge from rocket tests
The Federal Aviation Administration has postponed a series of public hearings that were to begin Tuesday on SpaceX's request to expand its launches in South Texas -- the same day that a report became public from a state agency that cites SpaceX is releasing pollutants into Texas waterways from the rocket tests on Boca Chica Beach without an operating permit to do so.
Sentence overturned in border agent’s killing that exposed ‘Fast and Furious’ sting
PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction and life sentence of a man found guilty of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed the botched federal gun operation known as “Fast and Furious” has been overturned, a U.S. appeals court said Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the convictions of […]
Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over. It’s part of the long, strange trail of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who unexpectedly appeared on a flight […]
‘El Mayo’ confirms kidnapping, provides more details
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Alleged Sinaloa cartel drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada confirmed in a detailed statement that he was kidnapped from Mexico and brought to the United States against his will when he was arrested on July 25 at the Doña Ana County International Jetport in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. As KTSM […]
HSI: 13 migrants, alleged smuggler arrested at Central El Paso stash house
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — For the second time this week, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso special agents arrested undocumented migrants found inside a stash house in El Paso, the agency said in a news release. This time, special agents arrested 13 migrants and arrested an alleged smuggler on Thursday, Aug. 8 at a […]
Migrant advocacy groups urge patients not share citizenship status with hospitals
A prominent civil rights organization in South Texas that advocates for migrant rights on Friday told Border Report that they are urging migrants not to disclose citizenship information to hospitals, if asked, and to continue to seek necessary health care.
Judge shields US gun companies from ‘gossamer-thin’ $10 billion lawsuit
The Mexican government says it is weighing its options after a federal judge in Boston removed six defendants from a $10 billion lawsuit against gun manufacturers whose weapons were illegally trafficked in Mexico.
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