After years of decline, apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally are on the rise again

A truck with migrants headed north to the border pulls into the "tollbooth" at the south end of the washboard dirt road that is the main route between Altar, Sonora, and Sasabe. The toll is just one of the myriad ways migrants are extorted as they try to reach the U.S.

After years of decline, apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally are on the rise again

The number of people apprehended along the Southwest border is rising for a second fiscal year after an eight-year decline.

5 killed in Border Patrol chase east of Tucson

Five people were killed Saturday night when an SUV being pursued by U.S. Border Patrol agents crashed east of Tucson, officials said.

Border briefs

Border officers seize fraudulent credit cards in Nogales

Tim Steller: Smuggled guns are history of border

Merchants from Fronteras, Sonora, gave the man a wad of money to spend on guns and ammunition in Douglas and smuggle them back south.

Border Briefs

Agents: Dog thwarts chicharron smuggling

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.

Border Patrol account of deadly Nogales shooting is disputed

Jose Antonio Rodriguez

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.

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.

Law & Order Briefs

Sammy Anthony Terrazas Jr.

Suit in deadly Arivaca attack dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the FBI by a former Arivaca woman who lost her youngest daughter and husband during a May 2009 home invasion.

Feds: Huge marijuana bust at Nogales border crossing

Agents recently made a huge marijuana seizure at a commercial truck crossing point on the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz., federal authorities say.

Winter cold holds own peril for border crossers

Manuel Hernández, recently deported, said he hopes to try another crossing once the weather warms up.

Winter cold holds own peril for border crossers

Cold is "tough."

Winter cold holds own peril for border crossers

Mexican Red Cross official Amado Coello says migrants often don't give much thought to cold conditions.

Winter cold holds own peril for border crossers

Manuel Hernández was wearing three jackets, two pairs of pants and a beanie when he crossed the border illegally a couple of weeks ago.

Nogales, Sonora, hit man is paid $54

Sonoran police revealed the price tag on a life over the weekend, and it was cheap.

Progress visible on Fast and Furious

This memorial was erected where Brian Terry died in the area known as Mesquite Seep, west of Rio Rico. Terry's colleagues and civilian volunteers built the memorial with stones they found nearby.

Progress visible on Fast and Furious

Two years after bandits killed U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, visible progress has finally occurred in the criminal cases and internal investigations that exploded afterward.