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Man injured in fall from border fence
Written by brownsvilleherald.com Monday, 15 April 2013 16:48
A man remained hospitalized at Valley Regional Medical Center Wednesday afternoon, claiming he fell from the border fence while crossing into the United States, authorities said.
The man was found about 9:25 a.m. Wednesday by a man clearing brush near the area, said Agent Henry Mendiola, spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector.
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_cbbe67a2-a253-11e2-8f5a-001a4bcf6878.html
State Game Wardens seize nearly $4 million worth of marijuana
Written by pleasantonexpress.com Monday, 15 April 2013 16:38
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens have seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4
million.
“This is one of if not the largest drug seizure by Texas game wardens in the history of our agency,” said TPWD Law
Enforcement Director Craig Hunter. “Obviously, we are very proud of the wardens involved in this case. Beyond that, we are tremendously pleased to have played a part in preventing such a large cache of marijuana from reaching our streets,”
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Border Patrol Agents Find 3 Bodies In South Texas
Written by kwtx.com Monday, 15 April 2013 14:49
FALFURRIAS (April 9, 2013)--U.S. Border Patrol agents have found the remains of three suspected immigrants in recent days on ranches in South Texas, adding to a total that is outpacing last year's.
The agency's Rio Grande Valley sector, which encompasses a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southernmost Texas, says
one body was found Saturday and the other two Monday on ranches in Brooks County.
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Border-Patrol-Agents-Find-3-Bodies-In-South-Texas-202199271.html
Border Patrol agents seize 722 pounds of marijuana, arrest 8
Written by azfamily.com Monday, 15 April 2013 14:37
by Jennifer Thomas
YUMA, Ariz. -- U.S. Border Patrol agents from Yuma Sector arrested eight drug smugglers and seized more than 700 pounds of marijuana in three incidents that occurred from Friday to Sunday
Illegal border crossings leap ahead of immigration bill
Written by washingtontimes.com Monday, 15 April 2013 14:23
Apprehensions of illegal immigrants are up 13 percent this year, the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol testified to Congress
on Wednesday as lawmakers continued to bash the Obama administration for failing to have a way of measuring how secure the
borders are.
The increase in apprehensions appears to contradict the administration’s assertion that the border is more secure than ever
— a claim that is critical to advocates’ hopes of passing an immigration legalization bill this year.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/10/illegal-border-crossings-up-ahead-immigration-bill/
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