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Sinaloa cartel infighting leaves 500 dead, $1 billion in losses
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A war that started shortly after an airplane dropped off the reputed cofounder of the Sinaloa cartel at an El Paso-area airport has claimed 500 lives and cost Mexican...
View ArticleUTEP marching band headed to Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – More than 1,300 Juarez residents come across the border daily to attend classes at the University of Texas at El Paso. Some are U.S.-born and others come on student...
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Agents turn to e-bikes to patrol the border
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Border Patrol's San Diego Sector is turning to electronic technology to watch areas along the border between San Diego and Tijuana. Agents have begun using electric...
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Border agent caught on video striking migrant with patrol unit
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- U.S. border officials are investigating an incident involving an agent hitting a migrant with a marked unit along the border wall, which was captured on camera and is...
View ArticleMexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Thursday she will ask President-elect Donald Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries, rather than dumping them at the Mexican...
View ArticleNewsom visits border, slams Trump on planned deportations, tariffs
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- During a brief stop in San Diego on Thursday afternoon, California Gov. Gavin Newsom did not mince words when describing how Trump's proposed mass deportations and planned...
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Deported veterans seek pardons from Biden
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Ruben Robles returned to the U.S. on Thursday morning after being deported nearly 27 years ago. Robles was a legal resident, but not a U.S. citizen while serving in the...
View ArticleBorderland holiday sales sluggish as consumers tread carefully
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) economics professor, Tom Fullerton, says holiday retail shopping in the Borderplex has been sluggish as we approach the meat of the...
View ArticlePassenger on Volaris flight to Tijuana threatens to jump, demands plane...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A Volaris flight in Mexico from Guanajuato to Tijuana was briefly hijacked Sunday morning by a passenger who wanted the plane diverted to San Diego. According to a witness on...
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La Linea, Sinaloa cartel unleash violence in Chihuahua
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican authorities say they have “restored order” in parts of the state of Chihuahua where organized criminal gangs engaged in violent confrontations in the past few...
View ArticleWoman accused of killing Uber driver faints during trial
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Phoebe Copas, the woman accused of shooting and killing Uber driver Daniel Piedra Garcia last year, fainted in court on Monday morning, Dec. 9, during the first day of jury...
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'Hero' who subdued hijacker on Volaris flight bound for Tijuana describes ordeal
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- A man who would only identify himself as Jesus is being called a hero by fellow passengers and crew members of a flight that a hijacker tried to commandeer into landing in...
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Juarez dog rescuer aims to expand her mission
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- For nearly three years, Patricia Zine has dedicated her time to rescuing dogs in distress from the streets of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, building an adoption network through a...
View Article6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semitrailer truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants,...
View ArticleMexican soldiers will get a pay raise after elimination of oversight...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday that much of the money gained by eliminating independent oversight and regulatory agencies will go to the army to fund a rise in soldiers’ pay. The...
View ArticleLast migrants relocated from one of Juarez's largest shelters
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – An iconic migrant shelter in Juarez, Mexico, has shut down, even as experts warn of a possible year-end surge along the Southwest border. The last seven migrants...
View ArticleCounty of San Diego won't use its resources to help ICE deport unlawful migrants
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has voted to prevent the use of its resources and funding to assist federal immigration agents with deportations. The board voted...
View ArticleRising US-Mexico tension a game of optics, analyst says
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Change is coming to the border on Jan. 20, when President-elect Trump takes office. How profound and lasting such change might be remains to be seen, but one thing is...
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Mexico postpones cruise ship passenger fee for six months
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The Mexican government has decided to put off charging tourists $42 to travel to Mexico on a cruise ship. It was set to implement the fee at the start of 2025. But after...
View ArticleMexico not ready to employ migrants deported by Trump
JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Juarez business leaders are calling on Mexico to reform labor and immigration laws so they can hire more foreign nationals expelled from the United States. The issue...
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