Man's bellybutton stuffed with heroin, border officers say

A Tucson man was arrested Tuesday after he tried to cross into Arizona with heroin wrapped around his waist and a small package of the drug tucked into his bellybutton, border officers said.

Smugglers pulling in young accomplices along Arizona-Sonora border

AGUA PRIETA, Sonora - Fernando Real hated to see his mother work minimum-wage jobs and barely scrape enough to pay the $100 rent for the room they shared.

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Border agents in Nogales bust woman with heroin duct-taped under her bra

A woman was arrested this week at the Nogales border crossing with eight pounds of heroin wrapped around her midriff, officials say.

Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

Customs and Border Patrol agents show off stacks of marijuana during a news conference Tuesday announcing the record seizure.

Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

Guadalupe Ramirez

Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

A drug cartel took a big hit when Nogales port of entry officials seized a marijuana cargo this month worth up to $12 million, the biggest pot seizure on the Arizona border and possibly the Southwest, Customs and Border Protection officials said.

Military finds smuggling tunnel in Nogales, Son.

Mexican authorities have found a sophisticated smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity and ventilation not far from the Nogales port of entry, U.S. officials said.

Arizona border agents: $1M in liquid meth hidden in gas tank

A California man was arrested at the Douglas border crossing Friday after agents say they found $1 million worth of liquid meth in his car’s fuel tank, officials said.

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Accountant pleads guilty in Chuy's case

Border agents: Douglas woman’s car filled with pot

A Douglas woman was arrested while trying to drive into Arizona when border agents say they found 199 packages of marijuana hidden in the car she was driving.

US border agent kills boy, 16, in Sonora

A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot across the border and killed a 16-year-old in Nogales, Sonora, on Wednesday night.

'Cocaine alley' focus of hunt in agent's killing

Investigators searching a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border for clues into the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent face a treacherous territory that is heavily used by drug smugglers, offers many hiding places and is close enough to Mexico for traffickers to make a quick getaway.

Those who've fallen

Here is the list of agents who have died on duty in the Tucson Sector:

Weapons stashed, ditched along S. Arizona border

When a hiker in Madera Canyon discovered three AK-47-type rifles wrapped in plastic last month, it may have seemed like a random occurrence.

2 border drug tunnels discovered

This is the entrance to the tunnel discovered Saturday in a vacant strip mall storefront in San Luis.

2 border drug tunnels discovered

Two drug-smuggling tunnels outfitted with lighting and ventilation systems have been discovered along the Mexican border, the latest signs that cartels are building sophisticated passages to escape heightened surveillance on land.

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Kitchen fire damages south-side home

3 arrested in drug case connected to man killed in 2011 SWAT raid

Three people connected to Jose Guerena, the man shot and killed during a SWAT raid in May 2011, were arrested on drug and money-laundering charges Thursday morning.