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Man Sentenced for Using Dune Buggy to Catch Meth Airdropped From Mexican Drone
Three men took off-road vehicles into the desert near the Salton Sea, northeast of San Diego, and waited for an ultralight airplane that had crossed into the United States from Mexico to drop bundles of meth from the sky, prosecutors said
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Ex-Calexico Officials Sentenced For Taking Bribes
Two former Calexico officials, including an ex-councilman, were sentenced in San Diego Wednesday to federal prison for trying to bribe an undercover FBI agent in exchange for a marijuana dispensary permit, according to federal prosecutors.
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Ex-Calexico Officials Plead Guilty in Bribery Case
Two former Calexico officials, including an ex-councilman, have pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges
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Calexico Officials Accused of Accepting $35K Bribe for Cannabis Store Permit
Two Calexico city officials were charged with accepting cash bribes in exchange for the quick issuance of a cannabis dispensary permit, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California announced.
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Strong Winds Force U.S.-Mexico Border Wall to Nearly Collapse
Part of the wall that was ordered to be constructed by President Donald Trump partially collapsed on Wednesday —due to the strong winds that whipped through the U.S.-Mexico border between Calexico, California and Mexicali, Mexico. The metal would have blocked Colón Avenue in Mexicali, but a group of trees held 50-feet of netting, according to witnesses. Officials in Mexicali...
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Section of President Trump's Border Wall to Get New Paint
In a mission to “improve the aesthetic appearance” of President Donald Trump’s wall, active-duty troops will begin painting a stretch of border fence as part of a military deployment to secure the border at a time when tens of thousands of Central American families have been arriving in the U.S. and overwhelming the immigration system.
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13,000 Asylum Seekers on Border Wait Lists, AP Finds
For thousands of asylum seekers, there are many ways to wait — and wait, and wait — at the threshold of the United States. Parents and children sleep in tents next to bridges leading to Texas for weeks on end, desperately hoping their names and numbers are called so they can be let in. Some immigrants complain of shakedowns and...
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Report: Trump Told Acting DHS Head He'd Pardon Him If He Were Sent to Jail for Closing the Border
President Donald Trump told acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan last week to close the U.S. southern border and that he would pardon him if he faced any legal challenges, according to The New York Times. The paper, citing three people briefed about the conversation, reported that they spoke when Trump visited the border town of Calexico, Calif., last week...
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Trump Struggles With a Growing Problem at the Border
Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught. Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something — anything — to stem the tide. Trump, who campaigned on a promise to secure the border, has thrown virtually every option...
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Trump Touts Effectiveness of New Border Fence in Calexico
President Donald Trump is expected to address immigration Friday as he visits the U.S.-Mexico border in Calexico, California to tour a section of recently replaced border fence.
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Asylum Seekers Waiting in Mexico Seek to Stay in US
The first scheduled hearings under a new Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts will be held Tuesday in San Diego.
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Policy Shift Means Uneasy Wait in Mexico for Asylum Seekers
Juan Carlos Perla says he spent his first night in the U.S. in a cold immigration cell with 21 others at the nation’s busiest border crossing. Fluorescent lights were always on in the basement holding area. Space was so tight that he laid his sleeping mat next to a toilet. The 36-year-old from El Salvador soon reunited with his wife...
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Renovation Complete on Tallest Portion of Border Fence in Southwest US
Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spoke Friday in Calexico, California along the repaired fence near the El Centro Port of Entry.
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Footage Shows Mexico Beach Ripped Apart by Hurricane Michael
Footage shot on the ground and by drone caught the full extent of the damage done to Mexico Beach, Florida, by Hurricane Michael.
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SoundDiego Set List: June 3-9
This week’s Set List of the best upcoming shows goes big with Calexico, the Kooks, Minus the Bear and more!
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Border Wall Replacement Construction Begins in San Diego
Construction of a new barrier wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego began Friday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) San Diego Sector said.
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Calexico Drug Tunnel Operator Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
An Acapulco man who operated a 415-yard drug tunnel that ran from a house in Calexico, CA, to Mexicali, Baja, Mexico, was sentenced in a San Diego courtroom to 10 years in prison Monday.
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Fact Check: Trump Departs From Reality on Wall, Amazon
President Donald Trump hailed the start of his long-sought U.S.-Mexico border wall this past week, proudly tweeting photos of the “WALL!” Actually, no new work got underway. The photos showed the continuation of an old project to replace 2 miles of existing barrier. And on Saturday, he ripped Amazon with a shaky claim that its contract with the post office...
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Questions Surround Trump's 1st Wall Contract
A tiny Nebraska startup awarded the first border wall construction project under President Donald Trump is the offshoot of a construction firm that was sued repeatedly for failing to pay subcontractors and accused in a 2016 government audit of shady billing practices. SWF Constructors, which lists just one employee in its Omaha office, won the $11 million federal contract in...
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Construction Begins to Replace Border Wall in California
A barrier built in the 1990s from recycled metal scraps and landing mat will be torn down for bollard-style barriers that are 30 feet high, significantly taller than existing walls.