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US nabs a cartel leader after El Chapo's son tricks him onto a flight across the border: report

FBI director Christopher Wray said both men had "eluded law enforcement for decades."

Geoff Weiss   


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In 1916, the US began forcing Mexicans crossing the southern border to take kerosene baths. That tactic was later studied by the Nazis.

US officials feared that Mexicans were bringing diseases, such as typhus and tuberculosis, into the…

DeArbea Walker   


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The killing of Americans in a Mexican border city highlights a sinister trend that US policies are making worse

As US immigration restrictions have left migrants waiting in Mexican border cities, the threats to …

Luis Chaparro   


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Mexican migrants swap the deserts of the southern border for the snowy forests of upstate New York and Vermont to enter US via perilous backdoor

More people crossing into the US from Canada in the last five months than in the last three years c…

Isobel van Hagen   


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Refugee camp of Ukrainians at the US-Mexico border sees a sharp increase of arrivals, report says

President Joe Biden recently announced that the US would welcome up to 100,000 refugees from Ukrain…

Bethany Dawson   


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Drivers are delivering food orders to migrants stuck at the Mexican border near San Diego, report says

Some people trying to enter the US at the Tijuana-San Diego crossing have resorted to placing food …

Sam Tabahriti   


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Trump wanted to send US troops into Mexico to hunt down drug cartels and asked about it repeatedly: report

Trump's top national-security aides pushed back, arguing that it would look like an invasion of a c…

Ryan Pickrell   


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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sends 50 National Guard troops to US-Mexico border, funded by a 'private donation'

Other GOP governors, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, are sending st…

Jake Lahut   


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Trump eyes visit to US-Mexico border soon but is waiting for Biden to fail first, former aide says

US officials have attributed the rush of migrants to the Biden administration's "more humane" polic…

Joshua Zitser   


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'Like a flying ant': An operative describes how Mexico's cartels use drones to attack enemies and smuggle drugs

With a few rudimentary modifications, Mexican criminal groups can use commercial drones bought in t…

Luis Chaparro   


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US veterans deported to Mexico want Biden to let them 'back into their country' before cartels get to them

"The recruiting by Mexican cartels is real. They are looking for professionals with training," Hect…

Luis Chaparro   


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The 4 Americans who were attacked after crossing the Mexican border were traveling to get a tummy tuck procedure, relatives say

Authorities say two of the US citizens are dead after being shot at and kidnapped in an apparent ca…

Chris Panella   


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A man killed 7 people in Texas after he drove his car into a group waiting near a migrant shelter close to the Mexican border

Police say they have a man in custody and are investigating if the crash was intentional. The shelt…

Kenneth Niemeyer   


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Trump's crackdown on the US-Mexico border has been a moneymaker for border agents working with traffickers

Under Trump, corruption among US Border Patrol agents has increased dramatically, experts, former o…

Luis Chaparro   


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Child migrants drowned in the Rio Grande after Texas blocked Border Patrol from the area, congressman says

A mother, an 8-year-old girl, and a 10-year-old boy, drowned in the Rio Grande on Saturday, Texas D…

Nathan Rennolds   


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Repression, economic turmoil, and gang violence is driving the crisis at the US border, an expert says

President Joe Biden visited the US-Mexico border for the first time as president on Sunday amid a s…

Tom Porter   


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ICE has opened a human-smuggling investigation after an overpacked SUV crashed in California near the Mexican border, killing 13

At least 13 people were killed when an SUV carrying 25 people collided with a gravel truck 10 miles…

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Mexican president says migration meeting with Kamala Harris went so well he called her 'president'

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said meetings on the migration crisis with Kamala Har…

Sophia Ankel   


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A lawsuit and an arms deal highlight Mexico's messy relationship with US guns

Mexico is suing major US gunmakers over illegal arms sales, even as it legally buys their guns for …

Luis Chaparro