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US won't pursue charges in border agent shooting
April 27, 2012 8:41 PM
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Federal prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to pursue charges against a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Mexican national in 2010. The Justice Department released a statement Friday saying the agent didn't act inconsistently with Border Patrol policy or... more » -
AP Analysis: Border Patrol OT up as arrests drop
February 4, 2012 11:30 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Associated Press analysis of Border Patrol records finds that agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years.... more » -
Border Patrol sees spike in suicides
August 16, 2010 8:19 AM
U.S. Border Patrol agents are killing themselves in greater numbers, after nearly four years without one suicide. Records obtained by The Associated Press show that at least 15 agents have taken their own lives since February 2008. It's the largest spike in suicides the agency has seen in at... more » -
Homeland chief puts brakes on virtual fence funds
March 16, 2010 5:59 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that she will freeze funds for expanding the virtual fence that originally was supposed to monitor most of the U.S. southern border by 2011 but now covers only a portion of Arizona's boundary with Mexico. The virtual fence is a network of cameras,... more » -
Holy smokes! Marijuana hidden in Jesus picture
February 11, 2010 11:00 AM
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials made a startling find at a Texas checkpoint Tuesday. They seized more than 30 pounds of marijuana hidden in framed pictures of Jesus. A drug sniffing dog named Cesar made the discovery as a 22-year-old woman in a Jeep tried to cross... more »
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