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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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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 26, 2010

Arizona Border Patrol Agents Seize Heroin From Inside Engine

The vehicle, a green Chevrolet Silverado Extended Cab, was occupied by a male Mexican national, who was arrested. Further investigation revealed several packages of black tar heroin inside the engine's manifold.

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Articlesby Kristine Meldrum DenholmOctober 22, 2010

Chasing Ghosts In a Civil Rights Era Cop Killing

On June 2, 1965, Dep. O'Neal Moore and Dep. David "Creed" Rogers were patrolling near their homes in Varnado, a very small town on the Mississippi border. The deputies were heading for a stop at the Moores' house for dinner. They never tasted the meal.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2010

Border Agents Fire Into Mexico, After Attack From Traffickers

The agents were returning fire, after they came under fire from Mexico. Several Border Patrol agents were seizing the marijuana using patrol boats, prior to the brief shootout.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2010

Mexican Man Guilty of Assaulting Two Border Patrol Agents

Jaime Martinez-Garcia, 26, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation by a federal jury in Tucson on Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 14, 2010

Obama Signs Border Security Bill That Adds 1,500 Agents

President Obama signed a $600 million bill on Friday that would pay for the addition of 1,500 new Border Patrol agents, increase unmanned drone patrols and add border stations along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 19, 2010

POLICE Magazine Investigates Arizona Border War

We've set up numerous interviews with several southern Arizona law enforcement agencies—chiefs, detectives, patrol officers, a sheriff, SWAT deputies and border agents—to continue telling the story of American law enforcement's battle against the criminal elements who help fuel the flow of drug and human smuggling from Mexico.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2010

Feds to Investigate Border Patrol Agent's Shooting of Mexican Teen

The U.S. government on Thursday launched a civil-rights investigation in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican boy by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the Rio Grande.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 1, 2010

New Mexico Governor Sends National Guard to Border

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Wednesday ordered National Guard soldiers to patrol the state's border with Mexico after the killing of a rancher in Arizona.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2010

Dell Delivers Rugged Tablet For Law Enforcement

Dell has delivered the industry's smallest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet PC that is the first with a multi-touch display, the Latitude XT2 XFR. The system is designed to meet the needs of customers in the military, police, border patrol, field service organizations, factory fulfillment, and first responders.

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