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June 4, 2009
"TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Arrested in California; Was On Run from Maricopa Charges
The founder of the call-girl-finding Web site, www.theeroticreview.com, David Elms, has been arrested in California after two months on the lam from Maricopa County criminal charges. Phoenix police say Elms: ...was arrested today south of San Diego while trying to cross the border from Mexico into ... More >>
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January 13, 2009
Customs Programs' "Trust Betrayed" by Participants; Security Breaches Possible
Go figure.The U.S. Customs and Border Protection grants some foreign companies the right to less frequent random inspections at the border, and some of those companies seem to be abusing the privilege in a big way.Yesterday, a vehicle tied to one of the companies enrolled in a CBP program known by ... More >>
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January 27, 2009
Border Patrol Agents Who Blew Whistle on Suspicionless Stops Reinstated to Jobs
Two whistle-blowing Tucson sector Border Patrol agents got their jobs back last week thanks to efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union.After Juan Curbelo and William Leafstone revealed the practice of "shotgunning" in the Border Patrol, in which vehicles were pulled over despite the lack of a ... More >>
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March 20, 2008
Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 20, 2008
Two whistle-blowing Tucson sector Border Patrol agents got their jobs back last week thanks to efforts by the American Civil Liberties Union.After Juan Curbelo and William Leafstone revealed the practice of "shotgunning" in the Border Patrol, in which vehicles were pulled over despite the lack of a ... More >>
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November 16, 2006
Meltdown
The Phoenix branch of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau is Exhibit A of this country's failed border policies
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April 14, 2005
Minuteman of the Hour
One nation, under Simcox
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March 16, 1994
Pressure Point
WHILE THE BORDER PATROL IS ATTACKING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, THE AGENCY IS LITERALLY RETREATING IN ARIZONA. THE RESULTS ARE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS.
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April 6, 2000
Phoenix or Busted
The Valley is now the prime way station for ruthless smugglers engaged in the lucrative trafficking of human cargo -- illegal immigrants
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July 6, 2009
ACLU to Host Forum on "Constitution-Free" Zone Near Border That Allows Checkpoints
Border Patrol checkpoints and their impact on civil rights will be discussed at a forum next week in Green Valley hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union. The topic is a hot one in the southern Arizona community, where some residents have fought plans to install a permanent checkpoint on Inte ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Arizona Pot Seizures at All Time High
Pot is one hot commodity this year -- at least, judging by the insanely large loads the U.S. Border Patrol have seized this summer. During the month of July alone, Tucson seized more than 100,000 pounds of pot -- bringing the total poundage to 1,065,325 this year. That's well above the 722,0 ... More >>
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September 8, 2009
"Secret Squirrel Operation" by ICE Nets Border Patrol Agent, Says Lawsuit; Agent Claims He was Traumatized by Arrest
A Border Patrol agent is suing the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, claiming he was traumatized after being stopped by ICE agents on a dark, rural road in southern Arizona and held at gunpoint. Jess Cabe, who works out of the Border Patrol's ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
Border Patrol Seizes 971 Pounds of Marijuana Being Carried on Horseback
U.S. Border PatrolOne of several horses border agents say were used to bring more than 900 pounds of pot over the borderU.S. Border Patrol Agents made two substantial drug busts this week resulting in the seizure of about 2,400 pounds of weed, 971 of which were being moved on horseback.On Sunday ... More >>
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January 26, 2010
Two Teenagers Set Record for Largest Attempted Meth Smuggling Ever at Yuma Checkpoint
www.shoelace.org Let's just hope her kids aren't in the backseat.Two teenage girls made history at a border checkpoint in Yuma, but it's hardly a record that will make their families swell with pride. The two unnamed girls, ages 18 and 19, were arrested by border patrol agents for attempt ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Marijuana and Watermelons Redux; 9,500 Pounds of Weed Found Hidden in Watermelon Truck Near Nogales
www.motivatedphotos.comOne of the more popular Valley Fever posts over the last couple of years is about a New Jersey man who got nabbed by Department of Public Safety officers while moving about 500 pounds of weed in his truck. Busting someone for moving large amounts of weed isn't too str ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
More Than $700,000 Worth of Marijuana Found Stuffed in Matress at Border
www.uppermichiganssource.comU.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a furniture truck at the Arizona/ Mexico border and, as luck should have it, the rig was hauling more than just furniture.Officers found about 330 pounds of weed stashed in a mattress in the back of the truck as ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
Weed-Filled Truck Crashed Into Border Fence So Suspects Could Evade Capture -- And it Worked
USBPU.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized more than 1,300 pounds of marijuana during four separate vehicle interdictions in the past 24 hours, including one stop where the suspects crashed their weed-filled truck into the border fence to evade capture.Those suspects, according to ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Green Cards Officially Green Again and Apparently Better Than Ever, Feds Say
www.immspec.comThe Department of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is changing the U.S. permanent-resident card, a.k.a. the "Green Card." Not only will it actually be green again, but it's got new security features to deter things like immigration fraud (which, if you hadn't noticed ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
U.S. Border Patrol Nabs More Than 1,600 Pounds of Weed in One Weekend
www.pollsb.comU.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona have been pretty busy in their war-against-weed, nabbing more than 1,600 pounds of the icky in three separate busts last weekend.The first of the weekend's three big busts happened Friday afternoon when agents working at a checkpoint on Hig ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Morning Poll -- Marijuana: Any Harder to Find After Border Patrol Seized More Than 622,000 Pounds in Five Months?
www.bongsbay.comU.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced yesterday that in the period between October 1, 2009, to April 31, of this year it's seized more than 622,000 pounds of weed. That was only in the Tucson sector. With Border Patrol agents seemingly waging war on weed -- inc ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Arizona Border Patrol Agents Seize 3,000 Pounds of Weed in Three Days Without Making Single Arrest
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Willie Nelson's wet dream. Border Patrol agents from the Ajo Station seized more weed in the last three days than you could probably smoke in a lifetime.In the last 72 hours, agents seized 3,000 pounds of weed, in three separate incidents, near the U.S./ ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Badlands: For Those Living in the Arizona County That's Ground Zero for Drug and Human Trafficking Along the Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis Is Personal
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Willie Nelson's wet dream. Border Patrol agents from the Ajo Station seized more weed in the last three days than you could probably smoke in a lifetime.In the last 72 hours, agents seized 3,000 pounds of weed, in three separate incidents, near the U.S./ ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Border Patrol Nabs More Than 4,100 Pounds of Weed -- Worth About $3.3 Million -- Over Memorial Day Weekend
U.S. Customs and Border Protection One of four busts made by Border Patrol agents last weekend. Those brown bundles can get ya high.While you may have been busy grilling burgers over Memorial Day weekend, Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona were on the prowl for weed coming across th ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher
U.S. Customs and Border Protection One of four busts made by Border Patrol agents last weekend. Those brown bundles can get ya high.While you may have been busy grilling burgers over Memorial Day weekend, Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona were on the prowl for weed coming across th ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Border Agents Seize Estimated $2.7 Million Worth of Weed Found in Abandoned Truck; No Arrests Made
www.photobucket.comBorder agents from the Casa Grande Station found a truck containing about 3,300 pounds of marijuana Monday morning near the checkpoint on Federal Route 15.According to Border Agent Colleen Agle, the weed was found when agents responded to suspected illegal activity in the ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Jan Brewer Writes President Obama Thank You Letter/ Immigration Wish List. Then She Offers to Buy Him Lunch
Brewer and Obama meeting at The White House earlier this month.As you are probably aware, President Barack Obama penciled in Arizona Governor Jan Brewer in for a little face-time earlier this month so the two could discuss Arizona's controversial, new immigration law.Obama had originally not agre ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Joe Arpaio's Not the Only Arizona Cop Enforcing Immigration Law
This disturbing video comes to us from Pan Left Productions, and purports to show a woman being turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol after a traffic stop by the Tucson Police Department. I've put in a call to the TPD, but have yet to receive a call back. On its face, the video shows that what happ ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Seized: Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital
This disturbing video comes to us from Pan Left Productions, and purports to show a woman being turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol after a traffic stop by the Tucson Police Department. I've put in a call to the TPD, but have yet to receive a call back. On its face, the video shows that what happ ... More >>
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August 13, 2010
Barack Obama's $600 Million Border Boondoggle
Obama: $600 million-tough on landscapers and nanniesSo President Barack Obama, who still talks a good game about "comprehensive immigration reform," has now signed a supplemental border security package worth $600 million to add 1,000 Border Patrol agents, as well as hundreds of new officers for Imm ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work
Obama: $600 million-tough on landscapers and nanniesSo President Barack Obama, who still talks a good game about "comprehensive immigration reform," has now signed a supplemental border security package worth $600 million to add 1,000 Border Patrol agents, as well as hundreds of new officers for Imm ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
76-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Smuggling Cocaine
www.bloodyelbow.comTypically, senior citizens don't draw too much suspicion from law enforcement, so we're a little shocked to learn that a 76-year-old Mexican woman was arrested for smuggling more than $125,000 worth of cocaine across the U.S./ Mexico border earlier this week.According to offici ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shot Near Nogales. Four Suspects in Custody
www.jetdesigns.comA U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot while on patrol near Nogales Tuesday night.Authorities investigating the shooting aren't saying much about it at this point, only that the agent, 40-year-old Brian Terry, was killed about 11 p.m. yesterday near Peck Canyon while on pat ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Cloaked Brutality: The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty
www.jetdesigns.comA U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot while on patrol near Nogales Tuesday night.Authorities investigating the shooting aren't saying much about it at this point, only that the agent, 40-year-old Brian Terry, was killed about 11 p.m. yesterday near Peck Canyon while on pat ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry: Fifth Suspect in Agent's Murder Still On The Loose
Border Patrol Brian A. Terry died in a gunbattle with desert banditsU.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was in the desert canyons of southeastern Arizona on Tuesday hunting down bajadores, or bandits, who lurk in the shadows and prey on the illegal border-crossers.Terry, 40, was shot and kill ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
A Drop in the Bucket: Border Agents Find Nearly 300 Pounds of Weed in Truck at Highway Checkpoint
www.mrtees.comAnother day, another several-hundred pounds of weed discovered near the U.S./ Mexico border.Border agents near Tucson stopped a truck at a checkpoint on Arizona Highway 86 earlier this week and found nearly 300 pounds of weed hidden in a compartment.Arizona Highway 86 runs parallel ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 30, 2010
www.mrtees.comAnother day, another several-hundred pounds of weed discovered near the U.S./ Mexico border.Border agents near Tucson stopped a truck at a checkpoint on Arizona Highway 86 earlier this week and found nearly 300 pounds of weed hidden in a compartment.Arizona Highway 86 runs parallel ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
President Obama Signs Anti-Border Corruption Act Into Law; Requires All Prospective Border Agents to Undergo Polygraph Test
President Obama has signed into law a measure that requires that all prospective Customs and Border Protection employees undergo a polygraph test.It seems like a no-brainer, especially considering that federal officials who investigate corruption within the agency say that polygraph ... More >>
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January 27, 2011
Drug Smugglers Turn to Weed-Firing Catapult
KVOASmugglers tried to use this catapult to launch weed over the border on Friday night.Drug smugglers trying to get weed across the U.S./Mexico border are getting even more creative than simply loading watermelon trucks with marijuana -- National Guard troops found a catapult a drug cartel's usi ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Travel to Mexico Can be Safe -- But Spring Break Visitors and Others Should Prepare for Experience
Image: New Times Traveling to and around Mexico can be a fun experience, but you should use your head if you're planning on going there for spring break. It's not as simple as driving to Lake Havasu or San Diego, and -- as we detail in this week's feature article on Rocky Point -- the safety ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
University of Arizona Mock Border Fence Kinda Decries U.S.-Mexico Border Fence
Photo by Hisham YousifWhen the near-1,000 foot fence went up in the middle of the University of Arizona campus Monday, it seemed like an obvious message for a campus about an hour's drive from the Mexican border -- a cry against the U.S. immigration policy. That's not exactly the case, as photos ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Comatose Border Patrol Victim Spared Deportation, Removal from St. Joseph's (For Now)
UnivisionJose Gutierrez, who is in a vegetative state, with part of his skull removedSaint Joseph is traditionally the patron saint of workers and immigrants. The latter is because the father of Jesus was forced to flee to Egypt to save the Christ child from Herod the Great's wrath. Once King Herod ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Border Agents Killed by Train Were Tracking "Drug Traffickers," According to AG Tom Horne -- Which is News to Border Patrol Authorities
James KingTom Horne apparently knows something Border Patrol doesn't. That or he's making things up.Two Border Patrol agents were killed this morning when their unmarked SUV was hit by a train near Gila Bend, and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is already implicating illegal drug traffickers i ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Border Agents Killed in Train Wreck Identified. Drugs Found on Group Sought by Agents -- AG Tom Horne Apparently Did Know Something Border Patrol Didn't
Border Patrol Agents Eduardo Rojas and Hector ClarkThe identities of the two Border Patrol agents killed this morning when their SUV collided with a train have been released. In addition to the release of the agents' identities, it turns out Attorney General Tom Horne was right -- members o ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Congressman Ben Quayle Introduces Bill That Gives Border Agents Unrestricted Access to All Federal Borderlands
James King Congressman Ben QuayleArizona Congressman Ben Quayle introduced a bill this morning that would give U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents unrestricted access to federal lands in the southwestern borderlands region.The bill has been co-sponsored by Congressman Peter King, cha ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Immigrant Abuses at Hands of Border Patrol Agents Documented by Human Rights Organization
No More Deaths, a Tucson-based human rights advocacy group, continues its push to end the abusive treatment immigrants suffer while in U.S. Border Patrol Custody.The group shares the stories of abuse, neglect and humiliation of 13,000 people detained by Border Patrol in a report released today -- ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
MCSO Busts Border Patrol Agent With Oxycodone and Fake Weed
MCSOMichel AtondoThe Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's Human Smuggling Unit arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent last night as he was allegedly speeding down State Route 85 in possession of oxycodone and fake marijuana.According to the MCSO, the HSU was patrolling a known drug-smuggling route whe ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Border Patrol, YouTube Censor Video, Says ACLU
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerThe McLeod video censored by YouTube and CBPWhen you're member of the media and you want to hear about U.S. Customs and Border Protection's latest drug bust, you get an almost instant return call from an agent eager to answer your every questi ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Border Patrol Agent Charged With Accepting Bribe to Allow Contraband-Filled Truck to Pass Through Checkpoint
www.funnyshirtshack.comFor the second time this month, a federal agent in Arizona has been charged with a corruption-based crime.The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that U.S. Border Patrol agent Abel Canales has been indicted for accepting a bribe to allow a U-Haul truck he thought was fil ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
220 Pounds of Marijuana Found in Desert South of Yuma -- Not by You; Agents Prepare for Seasonal Ponche-Ingredient Smuggling
Yuma Border Patrol agents on Wednesday found about 220 pounds of marijuana in the desert south of Dateland -- we'll bet some of you wish you did, too.But Agent Ken Quillan advises against going on your own "treasure" hunt, despite the fact that smugglers do occasionally drop loads of dope in ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Mexican Smugglers Exploit the Corrupt Reputation of U.S. Border Officers
Yuma Border Patrol agents on Wednesday found about 220 pounds of marijuana in the desert south of Dateland -- we'll bet some of you wish you did, too.But Agent Ken Quillan advises against going on your own "treasure" hunt, despite the fact that smugglers do occasionally drop loads of dope in ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Border Agent, Corrections Officer Charged With Helping Traffickers Smuggle Drugs Into U.S.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent and a corrections officer with the Arizona Department of Correction were arrested yesterday on charges that they helped a drug trafficking organization (DTO) smuggle drugs into the United States.Ivhan Herrera-Chiang, 29, a U.S. Border Patrol agent stationed in Yuma, and ... More >>
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