"Iron river of guns" flows from U.S. to Mexico
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When machinegun-toting hit men fought a bloody battle with police and troops around the Mexico town of Cananea that left 23 dead in May, it at first seemed to be the latest chapter in a very Mexican drug war.
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SILVERBELL, Ariz. -- Among the statuesque saguaro cactuses in the desert south of this old mining town lies the remnant of a crime scene that federal authorities say signals a troubling and escalated level of violence associated with the human smuggling trade.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 16--Fort Huachuca could add up to 3,000 new jobs if needed without harming the San Pedro River, because it has cut its water use enough to offset longtime environmental concerns, a federal agency decided Friday.   The U.S.
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MONTERREY, Mexico -- The Mexican government is distributing a comic-book guide that warns would-be migrants about the perils of crossing illegally into the United States and offers tips to stay safe -- enraging some advocates of stricter immigration policies in the United States who argue the booklet encourages illegal migration.
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Bulldozers are rolling again on the U.S.-Mexico border, moving hundreds of tons of dirt to make way for a 16-foot steel fence in an area that once was the most popular crossing for illegal immigrants.
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Increased security on the U.S.-Mexican   border is turning human smuggling into a multi-billion dollar   criminal industry and attracting violent gangs with ties to   Mexican drug cartels, authorities say.
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Armed robbers shot and killed two  U.S. citizens and left a third bound on the side of a highway  in Mexico's tropical Guerrero state, the U.S. Embassy said on  Saturday.
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Riverbend crosses the border after months of delays in Baghdad.
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MEXICO CITY, July 13 -- The San Antonio Express-News, a 230,000-circulation daily, this week withdrew its U.S.-Mexico border reporter after learning of what appears to be an unprecedented plan to assassinate American journalists who frequently write about drug cartels in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
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Even as border security has become a political hot potato, El Paso and JuÃ¡rez remain very much connected.
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CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay -- In this gritty border town known as a haven for drug smugglers, arms dealers, and counterfeiters, stacks of money change hands in the open on every corner and thousands of people stream each day across Friendship Bridge into Ciudad del Este.
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In a Sept. 9 story about Mexican trucks entering the United States under a NAFTA-mandated pilot program, The Associated Press, relying on a statement from Mexican Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez at a news conference Sunday, erroneously reported that two Mexican tractor-trailers delivered cargo to New York and South Carolina. Instead, it was one truck which unloaded steel in North Carolina on Monday.
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NOGALES, Mexico  - The number of Mexican illegal  immigrants killed crossing the Arizona desert to the United  States has dropped sharply, partly due to repatriation flights  to Mexico, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.
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Gun battles between federal forces and drug-cartel members equipped with rocket-propelled-grenade launchers may give the impression that there is a war in Mexico.
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A smuggler of illegal immigrants from Mexico on the ins and outs of crossing the border.
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This city on the border where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet has for years battled a reputation as a trading post for weapons, drugs, pirated music and counterfeit designer brands.
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TIJUANA/NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico  - Cristina Palacios  was sitting with her son Alejandro in a car in the crime-ridden  Mexican city of Tijuana on the U.S. border when three men armed  with assault rifles came for him.