Border Control
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 00:00
The tense atmosphere at Elena Rodriguez's funeral highlighted simmering anger along the border with Mexico, where U.S. agents have used force in three violent confrontations since last month.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 00:00
The family of a Mexican teen shot dead when the U.S. Border Patrol opened fire on a group of rock throwers in Mexico last week is planning to bring a lawsuit alleging excessive use of force.
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 00:00
"It was a burst of gunfire," Nogales Mayor Ramon Guzman Munoz told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It was a hail of bullets."
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 00:00
Mexico's Foreign Relations Department issued a statement later saying it "forcefully condemned" the shooting and calling such deaths "a serious bilateral problem".
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 00:00
The Mexican government is reacting angrily to reports that a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot a suspected drug smuggler on the Mexican side of the Arizona border.
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 00:00
The government in Managua reacted to a claim by the Colombian navy that the Nicaraguan vessel, the MedePesca III, had entered Colombia's territorial waters and was refusing to withdraw.
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 00:00
Gobierno colombiano aseguro que la nave "Medepesca III" entro en su zona maritima sin permiso, pero Managua reitera soberania al navegar en aguas nacionales.
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 00:00
Se contempla, de manera preliminar, la creacion de una policia fronteriza, una modernizacion de los cruces fronterizos, agilizacion de tramites en la frontera.
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 00:00
En reunion de ministros de Defensa de la region se firmo un documento conjunto.
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 00:00
El pronunciamiento se da a raiz de la presencia de un buque de bandera nicaragüense que fue interceptado en aguas de Colombia y que se niega a abandonar la zona alegando que sigue "instrucciones" del Gobierno de su pais.