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THE THAI CONNECTION
PROSECUTORS WILL SAY NARCOTICS PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE TEMPLE MURDERS. THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS OTHERWISE.
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March 30, 1995
ESTEEM ROLLERS
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April 4, 1996
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March 20, 1997
Inspectors Can Do Little to Stem Tide of Smuggling
Recreational prescription drugs put Mexican farmacias on the map--and American pill seekers on the road
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May 13, 1999
Border Censors
Scott Stanley wants to publish photos of illegal immigrants who died in the desert; Pima County said no, then sued him
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September 16, 1999
Alien Autopsy
Publisher wins right to print photos of immigrants who died after entering U.S.
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November 30, 2006
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 30, 2006
Publisher wins right to print photos of immigrants who died after entering U.S.
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December 23, 2004
Do or Die
For most Mexicans who're flooding our borders, it's a life-or-death choice
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June 5, 2003
2 the Extreme
The high-speed sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious delivers more noise and more flash
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September 13, 2001
Big Bong Theory
Arizona's pro-pot advocates cast first stone in latest national effort to legalize marijuana
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September 23, 1999
Fruit of the Line
Arizona's pro-pot advocates cast first stone in latest national effort to legalize marijuana
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April 17, 2009
Pastor Tased and "Beaten" at Checkpoint Plans to Sue; Admits He's Been Resisting at Checkpoints for Months
Criminal charges have been filed against Steven Anderson, a local pastor we wrote about yesterday who claims he was brutalized at an Interstate 8 checkpoint. Anderson, however, says he's the victim and that he plans to sue the authorities involved in the incident. His family's personal Web site ... More >>
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April 27, 2009
Hot Links: Swine Flu, Cardinals, and Jedi Mind Tricks
Although no cases of swine flu have been reported in Arizona, officials are taking precautions: The Arizona Department of Health is talking with Centers for Disease Control, doctors are urging people with flu-like symptoms to stay home from work, and US Airways is waiving its change fees fo ... More >>
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May 12, 2009
Hot Links: Border Tunnels, Wind Turbines, and Dr. Burger
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 53 illegal immigrants on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation Friday, while a separate incident lead to the discovery of a smuggling tunnel, fifty feet north of the border in Nogales. The tunnel is the 11th tunnel near the border to be discovered since October 200 ... More >>
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May 26, 2009
"Liquid Meth" Seized Near Border; California Man Arrested
A California man tried to drive through the international border at Naco last week with about 13 pounds of liquid meth in his pickup's windshield washer reservoir. The find is part of an ongoing trend in the world of illegal drugs to package methamphetamine in ways that make smuggling easier and gi ... More >>
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May 29, 2009
Hot Links: Lincoln Letter, Pounds of Pot, and Shocking Monkeys
A 22 year-old Tuscon woman has been charged in the death of a Tuscon police officer. The woman, Lluvia Alejandra Dominguez, was cited for failure to yield after hitting officer Peter Mannino while he was on his way home from a shift...Scottsdale resident Lawrence Cutler has donated a letter written ... More >>
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July 6, 2009
Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Speaks at Phoenix Tea Party Event, as Does Tasered Tempe Pastor Steven Anderson
J.T. Ready at the Phoenix Tea Party July 4, 2009 These uber right wing Tea Parties continue to be a magnet for extremists and crazy folk of all stripes. Though I wasn't able to make the recent hate-Obama rally that took place July 4 at the Arizona state Capitol, I have since discovered from in ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Mexican Standoff
Luchadores play out social issues on the mat
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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 3, 2009
Steven Anderson's Yuma City Warrant for "Disorderly Conduct," and RP4409's Moronic Misuse of the Word "Nazi" (w/Update)
Watch this, and tell me truthfully, who do you feel for, these two guys, or the nudnik operating the camera? Look, I'm no fan of the U.S. Border Patrol. Or of checkpoints. Or of police power in general. I think anyone familiar with this blog knows that. But it's a tribute to both Obama- ... 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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April 6, 2010
Hot Links: Border Patrol, Toy Guns, and Ice Cream Trucks
A new U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint opened near Tubac yesterday. The $1.5 million interim checkpoint along Interstate 19 is supposed to help catch illegal immigrants and drug runners, but residents in the Santa Cruz Valley say it will hurt businesses and endanger neighborhoods...A former Rhodes J ... 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 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 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 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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July 27, 2010
Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready and the U.S. Border Patrol Collaborate on Drug Bust?
Ready, with what appears to be a U.S. Border Patrol vehicleThe latest round of photographs from neo-Nazi J.T. Ready's patrols in the Arizona desert shows the Mesa storm trooper getting chummy with the U.S. Border Patrol, even leaning on a Border Patrol vehicle at one point.There's a photo ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
June 27 In Blogs: J.T. Ready, Illegal Immigrants, Wyclef Jean, Mucho Gusto, and Robberies
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:
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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 9, 2010
Anti-SB 1070 Billboard on Camelback Near Third Street by Brave New Foundation
A public service announcement brought to you by the Brave New Foundation project Cuentame Despite the fact that District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton ripped out most of SB 1070's spine on July 28, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's still doing his anti-Hispanic dragnets. And if other law enforcement age ... 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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September 3, 2010
Woman From Sells, Arizona Facing DUI, Negligent Homicide Charges In Death Of Border Agent
If you needed a reminder not to drink and drive this holiday weekend ...A 40-year-old woman from Sells, Arizona is facing negligent homicide, criminal damage and driving under the influence charges in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Cops said that based on field sobriety ... 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 30, 2010
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 30, 2010
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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January 18, 2011
Truck Full of Weed Crashes into Arizona City Home
Pinal County Sheriff's OfficeThat weed-filled truck to the left crashed into that house (center) moving that couch (right) off the wall.Imagine sitting on your couch, relaxing, and having a truck full of weed come crashing through the wall like the Kool-Aid guy. It may sound too good to be true, ... 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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January 27, 2011
Book Glamorizing Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert
www.funnypicturesofanything.comDepartment of Homeland Security officials confirm that a book glamorizing suicide bombers was found in the Arizona desert earlier this week. The book, "In Memory of Our Martyrs," was found Tuesday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Casa Grande substation who wa ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Christian Discrimination Alleged in Lawsuit by Customs and Border Protection Vehicle Mechanic
An auto mechanic for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency in Tucson says in a lawsuit that the agency and fellow employees are discriminating against him because he's a Christian. David Stanford, who's worked for the CBP's Tucson Sector Garage for about two yea ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Nineteen Suspected Illegal Immigrants Stopped Near Stanfield, Including 10-Year-Old Girl
A traffic stop near State Highways 347 and 84 on Saturday resulted in the apprehension of 12 suspected illegal immigrants, including a 10-year-old girl. Seven others got away. The undocumented travelers were in a caravan of three vehicles all going 75 mph in a 5 ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
"Fast and Furious" Guns Tracked to More Violent Crimes in Arizona, Including Some in Phoenix and Glendale, Feds Say
Bill Newell, former acting head of the ATF in Phoenix, helped oversee the scandal-plagued "Fast and Furious" investigation -- and recently received a promotion. Firearms linked to the scandal-ridden "Fast and Furious" investigation have turned up at 11 U.S. crime scenes, including four in Ari ... 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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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 15, 2011
Paul Babeu Doesn't Trust DOJ Report on Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling Practices; Says Timing's Meant to Distract From "Fast and Furious"
Paul Babeu: I don't trust the feds.Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu says he hasn't had a chance to read the U.S. Department of Justice's report on Joe Arpaio's committing some of the worst acts of racial profiling in U.S. history, but that isn't stopping him from chiming in and bashing the f ... 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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