Chihuahua City’s Miss Mexico Andrea Meza wins Miss Universe
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico — Miss Mexico Andrea Meza of Chihuahua City was crowned Miss Universe at the 69th annual pageant, which was delayed last…
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Over 20 migrants found hidden in truck bed and trailer at Sierra Blanca checkpoint
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents this past week encountered a large human smuggling scheme off Interstate 10 at the immigration…
Continue Reading Thousands of ‘fake AirPods’ seized, CBP says
US Customs and Border Protection officers in Ohio have seized 36,000 headphones that resembled Apple AirPods. CBP in Cincinnati found that the…
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Samaniego lays plan to vaccinate Mexican visitors as he prepares for border reopening
EL PASO, Texas– The border between the U.S. and Mexico initially shutdown on March 20, 2020, due to the rising cases of Covid-19 in both countries.…
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‘The world’s haves and have-nots’: Global vaccine disparities on display at El Paso-Juárez border
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad Juárez…
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Power restored to thousands in Juárez after 4-hour blackout
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A blackout in Ciudad Juárez on Thursday left thousands of people without electricity and water services for nearly…
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Biden administration expands effort to identify vulnerable migrant families in Mexico for entry into U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration plans to coordinate with nongovernmental organizations to identify vulnerable migrant families in…
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Dallas and San Antonio sites used to house migrant children set to close within weeks
DALLAS, Texas — Two large sites in Texas used to shelter unaccompanied migrant children amid the influx in arrivals earlier this year will…
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Indigenous diaspora: Reaching the border, untracked in the U.S. immigration system
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad…
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El Paso, Juarez firefighters undergo joint training to deal with hazardous train derailments
EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border suited up and trained with a new tool from the toolbox, given to them…
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Border Patrol mourns El Paso agent who died after contracting Covid-19 on the job
EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Border Patrol station on Hondo Pass in El Paso is mourning the loss of one of its own. Agent and canine handler Freddie…
Continue Reading Border encounters reach 2-decade high in April, though number of unaccompanied children dips
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 178,000 migrants were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in April, a slight increase over March, for the highest…
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‘Heartbreaking’ says Texas farmer who found 5 abandoned migrant girls, all under age 7, near border
QUEMADO, Texas — A Texas farmer found five young migrant children who had been abandoned, resting on the ground in the hot sun on his ranch land…
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Indigenous diaspora: Leaving home and the journey across Mexico
(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad Juárez…
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Man dead after gunman opens fire at U.S. immigration office in Florida
ORLANDO, Florida — A man was fatally shot outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services building in central Florida, and a suspect has been taken…
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El Pasoans Fighting Hunger providing meals, water to organizations helping migrants
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the immigration surge continues at the U.S. Southwest border, local organizations are finding unique ways to help the…
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ABC-7 Xtra: Bound for U.S., migrants take dangerous risks jumping on trains
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border protection is seeing a dangerous trend with migrants jumping on trains coming in from Mexico to enter the…
Continue Reading Homeland security chief tours migrant facility in Texas amid decline in child border crossings
DONNA, Texas — New immigration data shows trends at the border may be changing as the Biden administration attempts to control migration.…
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Luna County farmers living along border urge Biden administration to finish wall construction
LUNA COUNTY, New Mexico — Farmers in Luna County are expressing concern that the halt to the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall by the…
Continue Reading Passengers aboard a boat that sank near San Diego paid thousands to smugglers
Passengers aboard a vessel that sank near San Diego on Sunday told investigators they each paid thousands of dollars to be smuggled into the US,…
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CBP to allow Mexican students, parents to cross border for UTEP commencement
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP has announced that it reached an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection that would allow upcoming graduates…
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Body believed to be Ecuadorian migrant found in desert area between Las Cruces & Hatch
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A body found north of Las Cruces could be that of a migrant from Ecuador, according to the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s…
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El Paso tourism restarting, leaders hope border restrictions lifted by summer
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Travel and tourism is picking up as more people are getting vaccinated. Despite border restrictions still in place,…
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Migrant family separated in El Paso by Trump administration among 1st to be reunited
EL PASO, Texas — Mabel, a mother from Honduras surprised her sons, Mino and Erick, at a family gathering and locked them in a tearful group hug for…
Continue Reading A mom and son sobbed as they reunited at the border after 3 years apart
SAN DIEGO, California — Bryan Chávez carried a bundle of Mother’s Day balloons as he headed toward the border. It had been more than…
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Massive drug pipeline from Mexico to Georgia, all ran from prison, busted
ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A sophisticated system pumping deadly, liquid meth from Mexico to metro Atlanta, run by a dangerous crime ring in…
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Migrant girls facility in quiet west El Paso neighborhood to open soon
EL PASO, Texas — Nestled inside a quiet westside El Paso neighborhood, you’ll find an Alzheimer’s facility transformed into a facility for migrant…
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Caught on video: Inside Juarez smuggling operation moving migrants across border to El Paso
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The blue sedan looked like any other driving along a Mexican highway until the mid-morning sun glinted off long, thin pieces…
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Caught on video: Mexico City overpass collapses; at least 24 dead – including children, 79 injured
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Officials say an elevated section of Mexico City’s metro collapsed and at least 24 people have been killed, including…
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Biden set to raise refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after…
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