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Government border town crackdowns on the rise
Scandal in the New Mexico border town of Sunland Park is nothing new. But what is new is the harsh response: State and federal authorities are focusing on border town corruption as part of the larger effort to battle the…
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Court hearing for El Paso Border Patrol agent, girlfriend accused of gun smuggling rescheduled for next week
A scheduled detention hearing for an El Paso Border Patrol agent and his girlfriend, each accused of gun smuggling, was rescheduled today after some legal wrangling over which attorneys would represent them.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — For a third time in less than two months, Daniel Salinas pleaded not guilty, this time to 18 counts of fraud and receiving illegal kickbacks while ...
Congressmen Henry Cuellar and Ted Poe said there is one million 500 thousand pieces of equipment that was removed from Iraq last year. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Equipment from Iraq can be ...
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A special border task force and increased federal support are being credited for helping reduce illegal migrant traffic along the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico. Ranchers ...
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - The first defendant in a gun smuggling case that also involves a former mayor, police chief and village trustee in the troubled New Mexico border ...
EL PASO (AP) - An alleged lieutenant of the Sinaloa cartel has been indicted in the U.S. for conspiracy in the kidnappings and deaths of a West Texas man and ...
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Alleged cartel lieutenant indicted in US for conspiracy in kidnappings, deaths of 4 men EL PASO, Texas - An alleged lieutenant of the Sinaloa cartel has been indicted in the U.S. ...
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ALBUQUERQUE—A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging three former officers of a New Mexico-based defense contractor and four foreign nationals for their alleged roles in a fraud and ...
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Border Patrol agents seized 12 pounds of cocaine and 210 pounds of marijuana worth more than $500,000 last week at highway checkpoints in southern New Mexico, officials said Tuesday. Both seizures ...
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