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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2011

Napolitano Claims U.S.-Mexico Border Is Secure

While visiting El Paso, the homeland security secretary cited FBI statistics showing that violent crime rates in Southwest border counties are down 30% over the last two decades and are "among the lowest in the nation."

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2011

Feds Ask for Next-Gen Border Surveillance Technology

The new border technology strategy is divided into three solution areas — agent-centric solutions, mobile-sensor solutions and fixed sensor solutions. These solutions should be able to determine if the moving object is a human, animal, vehicle or something else.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 6, 2011

Mexican Teen Shot During Border Confrontation

The Sonora State Investigative Police told the news outlet that 17-year-old Ramses Barron Torres, who died shortly after 3 a.m. at a Nogales, Sonora, hospital, was shot in the back of the right arm, with the bullet continuing into his chest cavity, puncturing a lung, and lodging in the left side of his ribcage.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 20, 2010

Former Texas Border Deputy Smuggled Guns to Cartel

Deputy Jesus Longoria was assigned to the Veterans International Bridge and Gateway International Bridge, where he tried to send 13 semiautomatic firearms into Mexico. In exchange for waving through a vehicle transporting the guns, he was paid $4,000.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 18, 2010

Mexican Drone Crashes In El Paso Backyard

The crash in El Paso's Lower Valley neighborhood occurred shortly before 6:28 p.m. Tuesday, when the El Paso (Texas) Police Department was notified about it. "We were told it was not a police matter," Det. Mike Baranyay told the news outlet.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2010

Border Patrol Agent Shot, Killed in Southern Arizona

Agent Brian Terry, 40, was killed at about 11 p.m. near Peck Canyon, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border west of Rio Rico on the Interstate 19. Four suspects are in custody and one is being pursued, according to a press release from Customs and Border Protection.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 9, 2010

2010 Juárez Officer Body Count Reaches 64

Three Juárez police officers were shot and killed in an ambush outside an elementary school Wednesday afternoon, and when other officers responded, they were fired on also.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarNovember 30, 2010

Are Muslim Radicals Crossing Our Border?

The transnational gangs, drug trafficking organizations and Muslim terrorists have taken advantage of American apathy and the lack of will in Latin America. They have formed alliances and united against U.S. interests.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 3, 2010

It's Time to Get Tough on Drugs, America

If we want to dry up the market, we have to make the penalties for drug possession more than a hand slap.

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Articlesby POLICE Magazine StaffOctober 31, 2010

Patrolling the Broken Border

A metal fence divides Nogales, USA from another Nogales: Nogales, Sonora, a much poorer Nogales where law enforcement is under attack from drug trafficking cartels and the cartels are under attack from many rivals.

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