Sunland Park Fire recovers body in desert
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Sunland Park Fire recovered a body in the desert late Saturday night, June 8, the department said. The call came in at 11:55 p.m. Saturday. The body was found in the desert...
View ArticleBorder in flux as US, Mexico look inward
U.S.-Mexico border management is entering a new chapter, with questions growing about how major political and policy shifts on both sides of the Rio Grande will affect migration patterns. President...
View ArticleLa Linea drug cartel linked to killing of 5 ride-share drivers
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The search for five ride-share drivers missing in a Mexican border town since May 30 has come to an end. The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office confirmed the five...
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Burrito man sees Border Patrol dropping off fewer migrants in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Benny Reyes sells burritos out of his Burrito Factory vehicle across the street from the Iris Avenue Trolley station in South San Diego. He is there six days a week...
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Shelter operator forced migrants to do construction work
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A migrant shelter operator in Juarez, Mexico, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on a charge of human trafficking/forced labor. A Chihuahua state judge on Monday...
View ArticleMexico's historic Chapultepec Castle is flying the Targaryen flag, and...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s historic Chapultepec Castle has been seen flying the black Targaryen flag, and officials in Mexico aren’t amused. The plot of the “House of the Dragon,” a “Game of Thrones”...
View ArticleNorth Carolina resident allegedly got $100 to smuggle bullets to Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A North Carolina resident and two South Texas men are facing federal charges in connection with failed attempts to smuggle ammunition and cash to Mexico. Jose Luis...
View ArticleEl Paso man electrocuted in jacuzzi at Puerto Peñasco resort
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso man has died after he was electrocuted in a jacuzzi on Tuesday, June 11, at a private resort in Puerto Peñasco, according to the General Prosecutor's Office of...
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DEA: Cartels now growing coca in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two Mexican drug cartels “wholly control” some maritime ports where precursor chemicals for the deadly drug fentanyl are coming in. They also are cultivating coca...
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Wearing out migrants is Mexico's tactic to cut flow to the US
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) — “Here, again.” Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands. Since fleeing crisis in Venezuela in January, the 23-year-old had...
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Heat, cartel lies make border town a death trap for migrants
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (Border Report) – Their town just north of a 30-foot-tall steel bollards barrier separating the United States and Mexico, Sunland Park residents have learned to live with migrants...
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Dead fish washing up by the thousands in Chihuahua lake
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Thousands of fish are washing up dead in a lake in the border state of Chihuahua, and residents of nearby towns are worried the region is on the brink of a major...
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Ex-US Customs officer convicted of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach...
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Thousands displaced by violence fear returning to their homes in Chiapas
YAJALON, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of residents displaced by violence that intensified this week in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas remained fearful Tuesday of returning to their homes....
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Some Mexican shelters see crowding south of the border as Biden's asylum...
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Some shelters south of the U.S. border are caring for many more migrants now that the Biden administration stopped considering most asylum requests, while others have yet to...
View ArticleWife of man electrocuted in jacuzzi at Mexican resort files lawsuit
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The wife of an El Paso man who was killed when he was electrocuted in a jacuzzi at a private resort in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico earlier this week has filed a wrongful death...
View ArticleU.S. Consulate in Matamoros warns not to travel due to organized kidnappings...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The U.S. Consulate General in Matamoros issued a notice Friday warning citizens of the dangers of organized kidnappings. The notice stated that the consulate is...
View ArticleTexan whose husband died by hot tub electrocution at Mexican beach resort...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American tourist was killed and his wife hospitalized after being electrocuted in a hot tub in a Mexican beach town earlier this week, an incident that prompted the family to sue...
View ArticleBiden issues massive immigration relief, seeking balance after border crackdown
The Biden administration will allow certain immigrants lacking documentation who are married to U.S. citizens to stay in the country and work legally, expanding a program that’s currently used to...
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Migrant encounters down 24% in June
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Illegal border crossings continue to plummet in West Texas and Southern New Mexico as triple-digit heat, fast-track removals and Mexico's crackdown on train riders...
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