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Tucson Sector Border Patrol chief being reassigned
The chief of the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector is being reassigned just nine months after he took the post.
Illegal immigrant says agent shot, threatened him
There are conflicting stories over what led to the shooting of an illegal immigrant by a Border Patrol agent last week in southern Arizona's Walker Canyon.
Violence prompts strong warning at Ariz. monument
An increase in smuggling violence at the Sonoran Desert National Monument about 80 miles south of Phoenix has prompted a stronger warning to visitors about drug and immigrant traffickers passing through the public lands, officials said Tuesday.
Border-militia group offering armed patrols
A border-militia group is trying to form a paramilitary squad with permission to confront smugglers or other suspected wrongdoers in Southern Arizona.
County officials give back part of paychecks
Two county officials in southern Arizona are giving a percentage of their salaries back to the county as it faces a yawning budget deficit.
