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Trump 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,...
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Tariffs 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,...
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US 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....
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Rapper '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...
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Sinaloa 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...
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Measles 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...
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Report: 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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Millions of gallons of sewage now flowing into the Tijuana River -- but why?
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- An additional 5 million gallons of sewage a day is now flowing into the Tijuana River and across the border, something that Mexico is doing deliberately. The sewage dumping...
View Article2 charged with smuggling .50-caliber sniper rifles to Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has charged two men who allegedly tried to smuggle five high-caliber snipper rifles to Mexico last month, and prosecutors are seeking the...
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Mexico to make ‘immediate’ water payment to US as Trump threatens sanctions
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Hours after President Donald Trump threatened Mexico with additional tariffs over a massive water debt, that country's president publicly vowed to make a substantial...
View Article5 day care centers closed in Juarez after abuse allegations
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Authorities in Juarez have temporarily closed five day care facilities following allegations of child sexual abuse.At a news conference Friday, April 11, officials with the...
View ArticleWoman, 33, allegedly hid drugs in rectum, vagina, CBP says
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 33-year-old woman was arrested after she attempted to smuggle several bundles of narcotics concealed within her rectum and vagina on Sunday at the Paso Del Norte bridge, U.S....
View ArticleMexico: It’s safe to visit during Holy Week
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Thousands of U.S. residents again will cross the border to visit extended family in Mexico during Holy Week. Most already know the way, but Mexican officials still...
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UPDATE: 2 dead, 1 injured in military vehicle crash in Santa Teresa
UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Two service members were killed and a third seriously injured in a crash Tuesday morning in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, according to U.S. Northern Command on behalf of...
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Tariffs cost Juarez maquiladoras 1,500 jobs
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Uncertainty over U.S. tariffs on Mexican exports continues to slow down one of the border’s largest employers. The city of Juarez, Mexico, lost 2,500 jobs between...
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Affidavit: Jet ski smugglers charged $5,000 to cross the Rio Grande
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Smugglers charged a man and his daughter $5,000 to cross the Rio Grande on a jet ski last week. The man — a Mexican citizen who had lived in McAllen for more than 16...
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2 Americans kidnapped outside popular Juarez billiards
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) -- Two U.S. citizens have been rescued after being kidnapped outside a popular bar/restaurant in Juarez, Mexico. According to a news release from the Chihuahua state...
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US revokes visas of Mexican band that projected cartel leader's face during...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance in the western...
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