'Mules' sneaking more drugs across border
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Weighed down by 50-pound sacks of marijuana, they hike through the desert for days to reach remote drop-off points in the United States, then sneak back across the Mexican border.
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Central American nations are putting aside border bickering to allow the relatively free movement of people and goods between nations &#151; a goal that has U.S. officials worried about a jump in smuggling of drugs and people in a region already plagued by crime and on the lookout for terrorists.
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The "Shadow Wolves" is the name of a group of U.S. Customs officers who are helping in the fight against illegal migration and drug trafficking.
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Once, drug gangs mostly fought each other, now they're joining forces to wage open warfare on the government
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Federal agents arrested more than 130 alleged drug traffickers from coast-to-coast Tuesday, saying they smuggled heroin from Mexico and even offered phone-up home deliveries like a pizza shop.
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It's a tourist paradise, and a drug runner's haven. More than 800 miles of stunning turquoise coastline, used for snorkeling -- and smuggling. What's smuggled mostly is cocaine from South America and bound for the United States.
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As part of a dramatic boost in surveillance of the Canadian border, federal officials Friday dedicated the first of five planned bases for regular flights to look for drug runners and others crossing illegally by air or land.
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Federal agents arrested more than 130 alleged drug traffickers from coast-to-coast Tuesday who U.S. officials said smuggled heroin from Mexico and offered phone-up home delivery like a takeout pizza shop.
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Drug cartels south of the border are now using YouTube to deliver the kiss of
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Concerned about a crackdown on immigrant labor, more farmers have been moving across the border to Mexico.
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Most of the cocaine that enters the US has passed through the hands of Colombia's Farc rebels, a US official says.
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AK-47 rifles, flashy cars and cowboy hats show the violent life of Mexican drug smugglers in the region bordering the United States, which "guerrilla artist" Watchavato has turned into a chic form of street art.
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Swiss border guards found more than one kilogramme (two pounds) of cocaine in a pair of sandals belonging to a man trying to drive over the border, police said Wednesday.
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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico  - The number of illegal  immigrants detained on the U.S.-Mexico border jumped in late  2004 as the U.S. government tightened security, although some  border agents said it only signaled that more people were  crossing the frontier.
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A smuggler of illegal immigrants from Mexico on the ins and outs of crossing the border.
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Extra manpower is slated to be deployed to the border to pursue smuggling cases, but the huge scale of the problem dwarfs the government's response.
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MATAMOROS, Mexico  - Mexican journalist Francisco  Arratia used to tap out daily columns sounding off against the  drug traffickers and corrupt cops that blighted his home city  on the U.S. border.