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Aug 24, 2023

Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with new shelter

At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board and rope into makeshift homes.

In this Jan. 18, 2009 file photo, a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle sits parked in front of a crowd of people peering through the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Border Field State Park in San Diego. At one time, before the enhanced border fence in the area, the San Diego area held the most popular routes for illegal immigrants heading into the U.S. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Aug 22, 2013

County won’t prosecute border agent in shooting

A U.S. Border Patrol agent won't be prosecuted by Cochise County for the 2011 fatal shooting of a man who was climbing over the fence into Mexico from southeastern Arizona, authorities said.

Yanira Maldonado, 42, accompanied by her husband, Gary, speaks to the media after arriving home, Friday, May 31, 2013 in Goodyear, Ariz. Maldonado was released from a prison on the outskirts of Nogales, Mexico late Thursday, May 30, 2013 after being jailed in Mexico on a drug-smuggling charge. She was released after court officials reviewed her case. Maldonado was arrested by the Mexican military last week after they found nearly 12 pounds (5.4 kilograms) of Marijuana under her seat on the commercial bus traveling from Mexico to Arizona. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)
Jun 3, 2013

Woman’s jailing in Mexico highlights tourist risks

The weeklong detention of an American woman after Mexican authorities said they found 12 pounds of marijuana under her bus seat illustrates just one of the perils Americans face while traveling south of the border.

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