Police investigating 2nd possible cross-border tunnel
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in Chihuahua, Mexico, say they are investigating social media claims of a possible second illegal tunnel between El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. On Jan. 9, U.S....
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$1M to help reenvision Friendship Park
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The New York-based Mellon Foundation has given almost $1 million to Friends of Friendship Park in San Diego to pursue a cross-border meeting place at the western end of...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ysleta POE reopens after 'unattended bag' found
UPDATE: Ysleta port of entry has reopened as of about 10 p.m. Tuesday., Feb. 4, the Texas Department of Transportation said. Public webcams of the bridge also show that traffic is open going in both...
View ArticleWoman dies after suspected smuggling boat capsizes in Ocean Beach
The video above was broadcast on Jan. 25, 2025. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A suspected smuggling boat that capsized off the coast of Ocean Beach last month resulted in the death of a woman onboard. ‘A...
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Search continues for second smugglers' border tunnel
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican officials responding to a tip from U.S. authorities say they were unable to locate a purported second illegal tunnel leading from Juarez to El Paso. The...
View ArticleRail line project from Brownsville to Roma in the works
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Armando O’Caña, a board member with Triangle Railroad Holding Company (TRHC), said he has been trying to bring passenger rail to the Rio Grande Valley for years. "My...
View ArticleTariffs threaten $60B worth of cross-border commerce in San Diego region,...
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The daily flow of semi trucks into the U.S. through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry seems to be nonstop with almost every rig carrying products grown or assembled south of the...
View ArticleAdditional remains found at cartel mass grave
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The nightmare in a Mexican town a two-hour drive south of Columbus, New Mexico, is not over. Chihuahua state police and forensic experts returned this week to a...
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Border Report Live: Threat of tariffs paying off for Trump
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The leaders of Mexico and Canada have been willing to appease U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid tariffs on their products. Trump threatened Mexico and Canada with...
View ArticleBorder politicos go to bat for 'Dreamers,' Mexico trade
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Some federal and locally elected officials who represent border communities say President Donald Trump’s war on illegal immigration could have dire effects on...
View Article1,000 Mexican troops arrive in Tijuana to patrol border
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Mexico has sent 1,000 members of its National Guard to Tijuana to help patrol the city and the border, according to Tijuana Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz. Some reporters who...
View ArticleTrump to build more border wall in Sunland Park
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (Border Report) – The newly installed vehicle barrier on the south side of Mount Cristo Rey will eventually be replaced by a permanent border wall, Border Report has learned. The...
View ArticleRents in Tijuana expected to decrease in 2025, real estate agents say
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- For the first quarter in 2025, rents in Tijuana are expected to decrease. Gerardo Chiw Unzón, president of Tijuana's Professional Real Estate Brokers Association, predicts...
View ArticleShelter for deported migrants in Tijuana 'relatively empty'
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- The shelter set up to house deported Mexican nationals in Tijuana remains "relative slow and empty." Mónica Vega Aguirre, the facility's coordinator with the state of Baja...
View ArticleMarines continue to lay out concertina wire in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- United States Marines have been in San Diego for two weeks and continue to install and hang concertina wire on the border barrier. Most of their efforts have been in the...
View Article'Security filters' resume south of San Ysidro Port of Entry
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Security "filters" are back in operation at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the Mexico side of the border. Tijuana police officers and Mexican Customs agents began...
View ArticleRole of Mexico's National Guard along border clarified
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Mexico has sent 1,000 members of its National Guard to the border in Northern Baja California, but up until Thursday, the soldiers' role has not been defined. Baja...
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Gulf cartel boss' son-in-law pleads guilty to extortion, money laundering...
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Gulf cartel boss Osiel Cardenas Guillen’s son-in-law pleaded guilty to extortion and money laundering charges Thursday. Carlos “Cuate” Martinez, 38, of Mission, Texas,...
View Article2 flights with migrants leave Fort Bliss for Venezuela
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Two flights carrying Venezuelan migrants back to Venezuela left from Fort Bliss on Monday morning, Feb. 10 and will arrive back in their home country later Monday, the New...
View ArticleMigrant shelters in Tijuana feel pinch with no USAID money
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Migrant shelters in Tijuana are reporting funding shortages as a result of the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, being gutted by the Trump administration....
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