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At Mexico Fun Park,
a Border-Crossing
'Experience'

Jun 26, 2013 9:45 AM CDT

At Mexico Fun Park, a Border-Crossing 'Experience'

...without the border

(Newser) - Splash Mountain it ain't: One of the attractions at Mexican amusement park Parque EcoAlberto is a re-creation of an illegal US-Mexico border crossing, complete with smugglers, dogs, sirens, and border patrol agents, PBS reports. It isn't supposed to be fun—the three-hour "Night Walk" experience is intended...

Rio Grande Is New Hot
Spot for Border Crossings

Jun 17, 2013 4:43 PM CDT

Rio Grande Is New Hot Spot for Border Crossings

Tops Tucson crossings for first time in two decades

(Newser) - Unauthorized border crossings from Mexico to Tucson are so 2012. In 2013, it's all about Texas' Rio Grande Valley, which has topped Tucson's apprehension figures for the first time in 20 years, the New York Times reports. Since October 2012, 94,305 people have been apprehended crossing in...

TB Patient at Border Traveled Through 13 Countries

Mar 2, 2013 7:33 AM CST

TB Patient at Border Traveled Through 13 Countries

Strain he has is especially dangerous and resistant to most drugs

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal has a scary story that illustrates just how easy it is for even one person to spread a lethal, drug-resistant disease. US border authorities in South Texas have detained a man trying to sneak across from Mexico who has a rare strain of TB. That's...

Attempt to Scale
Border Fence
Goes Poorly

Nov 1, 2012 2:46 PM CDT

Attempt to Scale Border Fence Goes Poorly

Border patrol assumes it was a smuggling operation gone wrong

(Newser) - Suspected smugglers who tried to use ramps to drive an SUV over a 14-foot-tall border fence had to abandon their plan when the Jeep became stuck on top of the barrier. Agents patrolling the US-Mexico border near the Imperial Sand Dunes in California's southeast corner spotted the Jeep Cherokee...

Mexico Outraged After Teen Killed by Border Patrol

Oct 12, 2012 8:14 AM CDT

Mexico Outraged After Teen Killed by Border Patrol

Agent reportedly opened fire on rock-throwers

(Newser) - A US Border Patrol agent, responding to reports of suspected drug smugglers, opened fire on a group of people throwing rocks from across the Mexican border, killing a teenage boy and eliciting outrage from the Mexican government. Authorities said the agents in Nogales, Arizona, had responded to reports of suspected...

Border Patrol
Agent Killed
in Shooting

Oct 2, 2012 9:11 AM CDT

Border Patrol Agent Killed in Shooting

Another wounded in Arizona clash

(Newser) - A Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting near the US-Mexico border in Arizona, the Department of Homeland Security said today. The agents were shot while patrolling in Naco, Arizona, shortly after midnight today, according to the Border Patrol. The wounded agent was airlifted to a...

132 Mexican Inmates Bust
Out of Prison at Texas Border

Sep 18, 2012 1:00 AM CDT

132 Mexican Inmates Bust Out of Prison at Texas Border

Director, 2 workers held in prison break

(Newser) - Some 132 prisoners have escaped from a northern Mexico prison close to the US border, setting off a massive manhunt. The director and two workers at the Piedras Negras institution have been detained in an investigation into the prison break just across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. Nearly 90...

'Extraordinary' US-Mexico Drug Tunnel Found

Jul 13, 2012 3:15 AM CDT

'Extraordinary' US-Mexico Drug Tunnel Found

Arizona tunnel was built by professional engineers, DEA says

(Newser) - One of the biggest and best-engineered cross-border drug tunnels yet has been found by drug enforcement agents in the US. The 755-foot tunnel linked a warehouse in southwestern Arizona with a derelict ice-making plant behind a strip club in Mexico, reports the Los Angeles Times . It could only be accessed...

49 Bodies Dumped
on Mexican Highway

May 13, 2012 11:27 AM CDT

49 Bodies Dumped on Mexican Highway

Latest casualties found near border city of Monterrey

(Newser) - Mexico today made the latest grisly discovery in its drug war: 49 bodies, some of which were mutilated, were dumped along a highway connecting the northern city of Monterrey with the US border, reports the AP . The 43 men and six women were found early this morning in the town...

Border Patrol
Changes Its
Strategy

May 8, 2012 11:02 AM CDT

Border Patrol Changes Its Strategy

It's focusing on 'risk-based' enforcement

(Newser) - The Border Patrol debuted a new strategy today—its first in eight years—that aims to make the patrol more "intelligence-driven." The agency's previous strategy was to flood high-traffic areas with agents, and even after all that time, "the jury, for me at least, is out...

In Ciudad Juarez, New Slew of Missing, Murdered Women

Apr 17, 2012 8:39 AM CDT

In Ciudad Juarez, New Slew of Missing, Murdered Women

Remains of 12 people found recently determined to be female

(Newser) - The remains of 12 girls and women have been found in Ciudad Juarez in recent months, increasing concerns that young females are being targeted in the violent Mexican border city. Just six of the victims have been identified, all of them teens reported missing in 2009 and 2010; the other...

For Illegals, No More
Mr. Nice Border Patrol

Jan 17, 2012 7:27 AM CST

For Illegals, No More Mr. Nice Border Patrol

'Consequence delivery system' won't just turn border crossers around

(Newser) - Up until recently, if you were caught crossing the border illegally into Douglas, Ariz., Border Patrol would give you a sandwich and some orange juice—and drive you right back to Mexico. Not anymore. The US Border Patrol is changing its policy, instituting a new "Consequence Delivery System" that...

Feds Find Another
Huge Drug Tunnel

Nov 30, 2011 2:01 PM CST

Feds Find Another Huge Drug Tunnel

It connected warehouses in Mexico and California

(Newser) - Another massive tunnel used for drug smuggling that stretches across the US-Mexican border is out of operation. The subterranean passageway connected a warehouse in Tijuana to a warehouse in San Diego and is the latest and most significant among a string of hidden drug-smuggling corridors located by authorities, reports AP...

US Border Fence Extending
300 Feet Into Pacific

Nov 28, 2011 4:35 AM CST

US Border Fence Extending 300 Feet Into Pacific

$4.3M, 18-foot fence to extend into Imperial Beach waters

(Newser) - For some people, "from sea to shining sea" just isn't good enough, not when it comes to keeping illegals out of America the beautiful. The Great Wall of America is getting a $4.3 million upgrade at its westernmost point, at scenic Imperial Beach, where an 18-foot-high steel...

Bachmann:
I'll Finish the
Border Fence

Oct 16, 2011 8:25 AM CDT

Bachmann: I'll Finish the Border Fence

GOP candidate doubles down on illegal immigration

(Newser) - She's not using John McCain's painfully forced "complete the danged fence" phrase, but Michele Bachmann is vowing to do just that. Yesterday the struggling Tea Party favorite signed a pledge to complete a double fence along the whole US-Mexico border by 2013, calling it "job No....

20 Dead in Mexican Prison Riot

Oct 16, 2011 6:09 AM CDT

20 Dead in Mexican Prison Riot

Officials aren't saying what caused the violence

(Newser) - A prison riot in the violent Mexican border city of Matamoros has left at least 20 dead and 12 injured, reports the LA Times . The trouble started as a fight between two inmates, and quickly grew into a full-fledged riot. Officials are not saying what caused the fight or who...

Border State Governors Ditch Mexico Conference

Sep 29, 2011 9:28 AM CDT

Border State Governors Ditch Mexico Conference

Only New Mexico's shows up to meet Mexican counterparts

(Newser) - The governors of border states in the US and Mexico have been holding a conference to discuss cross-border issues every year for 30 years, but the tradition appears to be withering, the AP finds. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez was the only one of the four US border state governors...

Mexico Invades Texas Again

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN

Aug 7, 2011 10:32 AM CDT

Mexico Invades Texas Again

Chopper lands in Laredo airport, instead of Nuevo Laredo

(Newser) - Mexico might want to invest in some maps: For the second time in as many weeks, the Mexican military has inadvertently invaded its neighbor to the north, reports the Houston Chronicle . A Mexican helicopter landed at the airport in Laredo, Texas, yesterday afternoon, leading US Customs officers to check out...

Mexico Accidentally
Invades Texas

Mexico Accidentally Invades Texas

Dozens of troops stray over border bridge

(Newser) - What may have been the largest incursion by foreign troops onto US soil since the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands occurred in Texas this week. Four Humvees carrying a total of 33 Mexican soldiers accidentally strayed into US territory, crossing the boundary line on a bridge across the...

Rev.: Give GPS
to Human Smugglers

Jun 5, 2011 7:40 AM CDT

Rev.: Give GPS to Human Smugglers

Human rights activist aims to make border crossing safer

(Newser) - Rev. Robin Hoover, a human rights activist, wants to give GPS devices to human smugglers along the dangerous Mexico-Arizona border, reports the Christian Science Monitor . “It’s like giving a life preserver to somebody that’s using a boat,” and would allow the "coyotes" to alert search...