'Chapo' associate 'Leo' arrested in Mexico City after years on the run
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Mexican special forces commandos arrested long-time fugitive Leobardo Garcia Corrales in Mexico City this week. Garcia Corrales — aka "Leo," "Leo 18" or "Leobas" — was a...
View ArticleTrump on possibility of sending American inmates to El Salvador prison: 'I...
(The Hill) - President Trump said on Sunday he would “love” to send American inmates to El Salvador’s mega-prison but first needs to check if it’s legal. Speaking with reporters on Air Force One,...
View ArticleTariffs hurting investment, income, salaries in Baja, customs broker says
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- In the time since the Trump tariffs were implemented last week, business leaders, customs brokers and truckers along the border say they have seen investment, salaries,...
View ArticleUS withholding water from Mexico to address debt, official says
MERCEDES, Texas (Border Report) -- The United States is holding back water payments to Mexico in order to send a message, the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commissioner told Border Report....
View ArticleRapper 'Fat Flow' gets 33 years for kidnapping migrants
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A judge has sentenced a rapper calling himself Fat Flow to 33 years and four months in prison for the 2023 kidnapping of seven migrants in Juarez, Mexico. Jesus...
View ArticleSinaloa cartel infighting leaves 9 dead at drug rehab clinic
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The bloody repercussions of an alleged abduction whose principals were briefly jailed in El Paso last year continue to reverberate south of the border. Nine suspected...
View ArticleDHS waives environmental laws to quickly fill gaps in California's border...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Department of Homeland Security has waived numerous environmental laws and regulations to fast-track border-wall construction at three points along the border in the...
View ArticleMeasles cases 'blow up' in Chihuahua
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Measles cases have “blown up” in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua in the past three weeks, with a handful of those reported in Juarez, across the border from El...
View ArticleReport: Drug lord linked to DEA agent’s death freed
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – One of the three leaders of the Guadalajara cartel linked to the torture-slaying of Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 has been...
View ArticleEl Paso Police: Man charged with murder after woman's body found in Juarez
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A 47-year-old El Paso man was arrested and charged with murder on Friday, March 28, for allegedly killing a 45-year-old woman whose body was found in Juarez, El Paso Police...
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