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ICE says activist's role didn't spur mom's arrest

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

By PAUL DAVENPORTAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Federal immigration officials on Friday released the mother of an immigration activist, less than a day after the woman and another relative were arrested at the family's Phoenix-area home. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents "did not

Mexico finds smuggling tunnel near US border

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 28th

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican authorities have discovered a sophisticated smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity and ventilation not far from the Nogales port of entry into Arizona, U.S. and Mexican officials said Friday. The Mexican army said the tunnel was

Ranchers split over US border security plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 23rd

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - When Dan Bell drives through his 35,000-acre cattle ranch, he speaks of the hurdles that the Border Patrol faces in his rolling green hills of oak and mesquite trees - the hours it takes to drive to some places, the wilderness areas that are

Fast and Furious gun buyer sentenced to prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 12th

By By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A man who purchased two rifles found at the scene of the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in federal prison. Jaime Avila Jr., 25, received a sentence of 57

Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 14th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - A pair of Mexican drug smugglers in camouflage pants, bundles of marijuana strapped to their backs, scaled a 25 foot-high fence in the middle of the night, slipped quietly into the United States and dashed into the darkness. U.S. Border

Mexican man pleads guilty in killing of US agent

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A Mexican man accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has admitted he was part of a crew that sneaked into the United States to find marijuana smugglers to rob at the time of the fatal shooting. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes pleaded

Mexican man pleads guilty in killing of US agent

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A Mexican man pleaded guilty Tuesday in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death revealed the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-smuggling operation, marking the biggest conviction to date in a case that embarrassed the federal

Border Patrol use of force policy scrutinized

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Government investigators are reviewing U.S. Border Patrol policies on use of lethal force amid a spate of deadly shootings along the border in recent years, including the killing last week of a teenager who agents said was throwing rocks at them

Mexican mayor says boy shot by US agent 7 times

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 12th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A teenage boy apparently killed this week by a U.S. Border Patrol agent was hit seven times by gunfire and died on a sidewalk just across the Arizona-Mexico border, a mayor in Mexico said Friday. "It was a burst of gunfire," Nogales Mayor Ramon

Source: Mexican teen killed by US BP agent

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 11th

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire on a group of people throwing rocks from across the Mexican border, killing a teenage boy and eliciting outrage from the Mexican government over the use of lethal force, authorities said Thursday. The agents