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Mexico nabs father-in-law of Sinaloa drug lord Guzman

Mexican federal police arrested the father-in-law of drug lord Joaquin Guzman on Tuesday in Agua Prieta, Sonora, without any shots fired, authorities said.

May 01, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Nogales border officers arrest 2 with meth, heroin

Nogales border officers arrest 2 with meth, heroin

A Sonora man was arrested Sunday after border officers say they found $951,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden in his car.

April 29, 2013 4:41 pm Related

PBS program tonight traces search for migrant

A new documentary premiering today on PBS is one of the latest efforts to shed light on an issue that has claimed the lives of almost 2,000 migrants in the last decade.

April 29, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Woman with heroin in bra among pair of border busts

Woman with heroin in bra among pair of border busts

Two people trying to smuggle drugs inside their underwear were arrested by border officers this week in separate incidents.

April 26, 2013 4:16 pm Related

Border agents seize 26 lbs. of cocaine at Nogales port

A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for attempting to smuggle 26 pounds of cocaine into the United States through the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz, officials said.

April 18, 2013 5:31 pm Related
$90K in cash seized at border in Nogales

$90K in cash seized at border in Nogales

A 34-year-old Mexican national from Nogales, Sonora, was arrested Tuesday for attempting to smuggle $90,000 in unreported U.S. currency into Mexico through the Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales, Ariz.

April 18, 2013 5:17 pm
Border officers seize fraudulent credit cards at Nogales crossing

Border officers seize fraudulent credit cards at Nogales crossing

A Mexican man is accused of trying to smuggle nearly 80 fraudulent credit cards out of southern Arizona, federal authorities say.

April 15, 2013 3:21 pm Related

StarNet welcomes 'Big Jim'

There's no place in the world where Big Jim Griffith would rather live than in the borderlands of Southern Arizona and northern Mexico.

April 07, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Border officers seize bundles of cash from 2 women

Border officers seize bundles of cash from 2 women

Two Mexican women were arrested in separate incidents this week when border of officers in Nogales said they tried to smuggle nearly $62,000 combined.

April 04, 2013 4:52 pm Related
Border agents find $62K under woman’s clothes

Border agents find $62K under woman’s clothes

A Nogales, Sonora woman arrested for trying to smuggle money into Mexico

April 03, 2013 12:18 pm
Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

Isidro Alvarado, 36, talks about what he saw on Oct. 10, 2012, when José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was killed, apparently by gunshots fired by Border Patrol agents from the U.S. side of the border at Nogales.

March 30, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

Jose Antonio Rodriguez

March 30, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

In February, Araceil Rodriguez Salazar, mother of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, got a look at the autopsy report on her son. José Antonio was shot multiple times from the U.S. side.

March 30, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

NOGALES, Sonora - A Nogales teenager was simply walking down the street and not throwing rocks at U.S. Border Patrol agents the night he was shot and killed, a new witness says, contradicting the agency's initial statement.

March 30, 2013 12:00 am Photos

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Mexico coffee co-op, with border operations, helping ease immigration pressures

Mexico coffee co-op, with border operations, helping ease immigration pressures

In the late 1990s, residents of a coffee-growing town in southern Mexico began noticing something unusual.

March 25, 2013 12:00 am Photos

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Mexico coffee co-op, with border operations, helping ease immigration pressures

Mexico coffee co-op, with border operations, helping ease immigration pressures

Elvia Carrillo dumps a bucket of arabica beans into a grinder while preparing orders at Café Justo in Agua Prieta, across from Douglas. The cooperative's exports to the U.S. are helping to stabilize small towns in Mexico, heading off immigration pressures.

March 25, 2013 12:00 am Comments

Tucson man wounded, woman killed in Naco, Son. shooting

A Tucson man was wounded and his female companion was killed this week in Naco, Sonora state police say.

March 22, 2013 10:51 am

Couple killed in Nogales, Sonora

Two people were shot to death Monday night in Nogales, Sonora, according to police reports.

March 12, 2013 3:57 pm
Border agents nab more women packing heroin under bra

Border agents nab more women packing heroin under bra

An 18-year-old Mexican woman was arrested Wednesday after border agents in Nogales say she tried to walk into Arizona with heroin duct-taped to her midriff.

March 01, 2013 10:41 am Photos

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