Dogs lead police to skeletal remains, homicide victim
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Stray dogs have led police to skeletal remains in the western outskirts of the city near a highway where 21 bodies have been abandoned in the past three months. Police...
View ArticleCourt rules Border Patrol must care for children held in open-air detention...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A federal judge in San Diego ruled Wednesday that children held in open-air detention sites are considered to be under U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody and...
View Article$2M in cocaine seized in Operation Lone Star traffic stop in South Texas
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- Texas Department of Public Safety troopers seized over 200 pounds of cocaine during a truck traffic stop in South Texas as part of the state's Operation Lone Star...
View ArticleRoswell man charged with threatening to shoot dental office staff for not...
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has indicted a New Mexico man who allegedly threatened to shoot the staff of a dentist for not seeing him without an appointment and burn down an...
View ArticleSan Diego is the 'epicenter' for illegal immigration, county supervisor says
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- County Supervisor Jim Desmond says San Diego is the new epicenter for migrants and illegal immigration. Desmond's office reported that on Tuesday alone, Border Patrol...
View ArticleTexas truck inspections costing border industry $32 million a day, Juarez...
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Juarez industry officials say commercial truck delays at El Paso border crossings are costing them up to $32 million a day. The delays started on Saturday when the...
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Missing surfers — 1 American, 2 Australians — found dead in Baja
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A source with the Baja California Attorney General's office has confirmed the bodies of three missing surfers — two from Australia and one from San Diego — have been found...
View ArticleHouse Democrats propose ban on .50-caliber rifles
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two members of Congress from Texas and one from Florida have filed a bill they say will cut down on drug cartel violence by banning .50-caliber rifles in America. The...
View ArticleCDC announces new rules for bringing a dog into the US
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- Dog owners beware. The U.S. is updating its rules for bringing dogs into the country starting Aug. 1. The changes stem from new requirements adopted by the U.S....
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US sends 220 soldiers into Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – American troops crossed into Juarez, Mexico, on Monday morning to take part in a joint disaster response exercise with the Mexican army. The American GIs made their...
View ArticleEducator gets 12 years for child porn
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – As an educator, Brian Troy Nuñez was an authority figure to the hundreds of children at an El Paso elementary school. That’s why red flags went up at several El Paso...
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Judge rules in favor of Catholic Charities RGV in State of Texas' investigation
(This story has been updated with reaction from the Catholic Charities RGV) EDINBURG, Texas (Border Report) – A state judge on Wednesday ruled in favor of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley,...
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Alleged Sinaloa cartel co-founder 'El Mayo' pleads not guilty in El Paso...
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Alleged Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada on Friday waived a court appearance in El Paso federal court and pleaded not guilty to charges that led to...
View ArticleTrain derailment kills child, spills sulfuric acid near highway
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A 4-year-old child is dead, a woman has lost her foot, and firefighters were trying to contain a spill of sulfuric acid after a train carrying stowaway migrants left...
View ArticleMore traffic signals, better synchronization sought for Tijuana
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Tijuana city councilmember Gina Arana Cruz says the lack of traffic signals and better synchronization with existing lights is hindering traffic patterns throughout the...
View ArticleAlleged Juarez trafficker extradited to US
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexico has turned over to U.S. authorities a man accused of running a criminal cell in Juarez that exported large quantities of methamphetamine to several American...
View ArticlePoisonous hydrogen cyanide detected in Tijuana River Valley, researchers say
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The County of San Diego is disputing findings by researchers who say they detected dangerous levels of hydrogen cyanide Monday morning in the Tijuana River Valley....
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Cartels try to take out Juarez's new police surveillance cameras
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Mexican authorities say they will continue placing surveillance cameras on the streets of Juarez despite a series of coordinated attacks against the devices late...
View ArticleVenezuelan migrants sue for release after nearly a year at ICE detention center
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Four Venezuelan nationals confined in a federal immigration facility for almost a year are challenging the legality of their detention. Three nonprofits on Friday...
View ArticleDía de los Muertos marigold flower sales plummet
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Flower shops in Tijuana expect another year of plummeting sales for marigolds, the popular Día de los Muertos flower used to decorate grave sites and altars dedicated to...
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