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Violence, Terror Grip Mexican Border Cities

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just two days after cartel violence wreaked mayhem in Mexico’s central states of Jalisco and Guanajuato, similar attacks gripped the country’s border city of Ciudad Juárez late Thursday, Aug. 11, leaving at least 11 people dead and six arrested, and Tijuana, on Friday, Aug. 12. Violence was also reported in the northern border towns of Mexicali, Rosarito

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GOP Calls Migrant Surge a ‘Crisis of Biden’s Own Making’

XINHUA As more and more undocumented migrants pour across the U.S. southern border, the political faceoff in Washington between Republicans and Democrats  continues to intensify. In February, over 100,000 migrants entered the United States from the Mexican border, an increase of 28 percent compared to January, according to U.S. government figures. Republicans are seizing the chance to pounce on U.S.

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