By MARK LORENZANA In a span of seven months, between October 2021 and May 2022, the arrests of Mexican migrants trying to cross into the United States soared 35.2 percent. There had been 560,579 arrests in that period, compared to 414,345 arrests from October 2020 to May 2021, according to U.S. government figures. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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By MARK LORENZANA Two Mexican nationals were charged in a U.S. federal court late Tuesday, June 28, in connection with the human smuggling attempt in which at least 51 undocumented migrants died after being trapped inside a trailer truck just outside San Antonio, Texas. The two Mexicans, who were arrested shortly after the abandoned truck was discovered on Monday, June
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in California launched tear gas on a group of about 150 migrants who were trying to illegally force their way across the border from Tijuana, Mexico, in the early hours of New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1. CBP officials later stated that the tear gas was targeted
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the United States may have serious and justified concerns about a porous border with Mexico allowing illicit drugs and undocumented immigrants entering its territory unlawfully, Mexico is equally concerned about the illicit flow of firearms into its territory. According to Renato Sales Heredia, head of Mexico’s National Security Commission (CNS), at least 2,000 illegal firearms enter the
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