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SC Wire: Family of slain Border Patrol agent calls for ‘accountability’

September 18, 2012 by

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Read Family of slain Border Patrol agent calls for ‘accountability, written by the Chronicle’s Paul M. Ingram and published by Reuters: (Reuters) - Relatives of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose murder in the line of duty was linked to a botched U.S. operation to track guns smuggled to Mexico on Monday called for accountability for the government […]

SC Wire: Military unit on U.S. – Mexico border

March 16, 2012 by

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Read Special U.S. military unit hunts Mexico border drug flights, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published by Reuters: “(Reuters) – A highly specialized U.S. military task force is using battlefield technology to help federal police hunt elusive drug traffickers slipping over the Mexico border in hard-to-detect ultralight aircraft, officials said on Thursday. Joint Task […]

SC Wire: Tank-like vehicles working with Border Patrol in Nogales

February 24, 2012 by

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Read BP calls in troops to bolster security, written by Chronicle contributor Marisa Gerber and published in the Nogales International: “The tank-like vehicles traversing local roads and the unfamiliar faces in uniform around town are signs of the government’s latest effort to bolster border security. Military personnel, who will work alongside Border Patrol agents, kicked […]

SC Wire: New border fence in Douglas, Ariz.

February 16, 2012 by

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Read U.S. tightens grip on remote Mexico border areas, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published by Reuters. “(Reuters) – U.S. authorities have upgraded six miles of border fencing in a remote Arizona ranching town with a taller barrier that will be tougher to breach, in the latest effort to tighten their grip on […]

Community Potluck on Oct. 21 to discuss Border Patrol’s treatment of migrants

September 27, 2011 by

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The Coalicion de Derechos Humanos is holding a community potluck where people can discuss the new report by No More Deaths “Culture of Cruelty: Abuse and Impunity in Short-Term Border Patrol Custody.” “No More Deaths volunteers will discuss the varieties of abuse and dehumanization migrants suffer in short-term custody and how you can participate in […]

“The Undocumented”: A new documentary on migrant deaths

September 27, 2011 by

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A professor from New York University is finishing a documentary on migrant deaths in the Sonoran Desert, titled “The Undocumented.” In his pitch for the documentary, Williams calls it a “labor of love” and says that he “really wanted to expose this humanitarian crisis.” Williams came to Arizona and filmed some of the people directly […]

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