Page 63 - Border Report News Today

Mexican officials and border industry leaders say Texas truck inspections looking for drugs, migrants and mechanical faults have cost exporters $1.1 billion in the past three weeks, and they’re calling on them to end.

A federal grand jury in McAllen, Texas, has charged two men arrested while allegedly trying to cross 270 concealed firearms to Mexico over the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge on Sept. 6.

IPhones? Purses or wallets? Maybe a laptop, perhaps? Actually no. The item most commonly stolen in Texas is something much larger than that.

Drug cartels have become Mexico’s fifth largest employer, with more than 175,000 people on their payroll, recently published research in Science shows.

"Certain singers only sing about one group of delinquents while others sing about another group of delinquents, what is behind all of this? asked Caballero. "These narco banners threatening singers are aimed at singers who sing ballads about drug cartels."

"In the 90s, the coyotes were charging just $100 to get people across the border in the Tijuana-San Ysidro area, and $250 for a ride up to Los Angeles." Clark says fees now range anywhere from $12,000 to $14,000.

Baja California's health department has begun fumigating entire neighborhoods as it tries to stop a tick and bedbug infestation in Tijuana.

In about three weeks, Avenida Internacional, which parallels the border in Tijuana and is used by 80,000 vehicles daily, will be partially closed indefinitely while construction of a new elevated roadway takes place.

"Access will be limited and detours will be required for motorists," said Obed Silva Sánchez, Tijuana's Secretary of Mobility. "We'll work to provide alternatives through other neighborhoods including downtown."

IPhones? Purses or wallets? Maybe a laptop, perhaps? Actually no. The item most commonly stolen in Texas is something much larger than that.