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Nighttime closures coming to downtown port of entry
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Be patient and check border wait times online. That’s the advice from border officials to travelers as Mexico will perform structural maintenance on the downtown Paso...
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San Diego Sector sees border arrests fall 50% in July
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- When you drive along areas considered hot spots for migrant activity between San Diego and Tijuana, you'll notice fewer Border Patrol agents and a lot less movement,...
View ArticleBus drivers caught with 92,000 bullets headed to Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Sixteen passengers, a couple dozen pieces of luggage and 92,000 bullets. That’s what U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found inside a charter bus attempting...
View ArticleFederal court employees strike over proposed judicial elections
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts went on strike on Monday over measures that would make all judges stand for election as part of a judicial overhaul proposed by outgoing...
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Legal border crossings up 3.3% at California ports of entry
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Smart Border Coalition says close to 18 million people, on foot and in cars, legally crossed the border through California's seven ports of entry during the second...
View ArticleWoman recruiter for Jalisco cartel sentenced to 20 years in prison
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A woman who was a recruiter for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was recently sentenced in El Paso to 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office from the...
View ArticleUS grouped with Mexico in 1st round of 2026 World Baseball Classic
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States will face Mexico, Italy and Britain in Group B of the first round of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, which will be played at Houston's Minute Maid Park, Major League...
View ArticleBorder officials talk up trade opportunities in New Mexico
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (Border Report) – U.S. companies will continue to relocate their manufacturing hubs from Asia to North America in the coming years, and local leaders don’t want their border...
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'Uninhabitable': Man whose home is among 90 crumbling in Tijuana refuses to...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Arturo Ramos refuses to go. His home of 44 years is on a hillside that is collapsing on the east side of Tijuana. It began sliding off its foundation a few months ago and...
View ArticleMexico to bring charges against capo, not for drugs, but for turning over...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. The Mexican government now says it is bringing...
View ArticleMexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors finally won convictions — and 50-year prison sentences — Wednesday against 11 drug cartel gunmen for the 2010-2011 massacre of 122 passengers who were pulled off...
View ArticleSmoke from Mexican landfill fire affecting South Texans north of border
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- Heavy smoke from a landfill fire in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, is affecting residents north of the border in South Texas, officials said Thursday. Border...
View ArticleJuan Gabriel’s house to become tourist attraction
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The city of Juarez, Mexico, will celebrate its favorite adopted son with a 10-day musical and cultural festival that begins Friday with the reopening of Museo Juan...
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$400 million awarded for plant that treats raw sewage from Mexico
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A $400 million contract has been awarded to refurbish the International Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Tijuana River Valley. The formal announcement was made Thursday...
View ArticleAfrican migrants in Tijuana allege police brutality, theft and racism
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Migrants from Africa and their advocates in Tijuana have alleged non-stop incidents of police brutality, racism and theft. "The level of violence and police brutality is...
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Foreign advisers help sharpen Chihuahua SWAT team's skills
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – A language barrier didn’t keep Douglas Limas Pithon from sharing with a group of Spanish-speaking Juarez police officers his expertise facing criminals in highly...
View ArticleProtesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to 'respect...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Protestors took to the streets across Mexico on Sunday in the latest opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the...
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At Mexico’s Hera music festival, women were both at the forefront and behind...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City's Hera HSBC music festival Saturday brought together an all-female lineup of both Latina and international talent, including Kesha, Demi Lovato and Camila Cabello. Named...
View ArticleMexico's governing coalition gets 73% of seats in Congress after winning just...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s electoral institute voted Friday to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, though the coalition won less than 60%...
View Article'Large number' of Tren de Aragua gang members cross border state
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The Mexican border state of Chihuahua is on alert, as it has received reports that several Venezuelan gang members have used the El Paso, Texas-Juarez, Mexico,...
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