Border Control
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 00:00
The two generals produced a report that is big on anecdotal evidence (and from a very narrow band at that), short on hard facts and grossly overreaching and irresponsible in its conclusions
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 00:00
Investigators first thought the 48 pounds of marijuana wrapped in thin tubular packages had been prepared for easy transport through a tunnel. But the bundles weren't dirty
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 00:00
The attack on Zavala followed a similar Gulf Cartel hit in Brownsville last year
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 00:00
While the report argued that violence is increasing along the border, it relied largely on anonymous anecdotes from Texas ranchers and farmers
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 00:00
The report states that drug cartels are attempting to "create a 'sanitary zone' inside the Texas border -- one county deep -- that will provide sanctuary from Mexican law enforcement
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 00:00
It appears that captures of illegal border crossers will be in the range of 325,000 for fiscal 2011. That is down 50 percent since 2008; 70 percent since 2006; and 80 percent since 2000
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 00:00
In the early 1990s the sector was sometimes experiencing 1,000 apprehensions a day. Today, that number is around 20 to 30 a day.
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 00:00
The debate revolves around where exactly to build a new U.S. Border Patrol substation of sorts - called a forward operating base - somewhere in the Animas Valley
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 00:00
A man who fired a starter pistol as he fled border inspectors was wounded after two officers shot at him at the nation's busiest border crossing
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 00:00
We have entitled our report "A Culture of Cruelty" because we believe our findings demonstrate that the abuse, neglect, and dehumanization of migrants is part of the institutional culture of the Border Patrol