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UPDATE: The woman charged with murder in the death of 52-year-old Uber Driver Daniel Piedra-Garcia on June 16 is out of jail and awaiting trial.  Phoebe Copas, 48, from Kentucky, was visiting El Paso at the time of the shooting. She claims she believed Piedra-Garcia was kidnapping her to Mexico as he drove the assigned […]

Six suspects are behind bars and one is on the lam for allegedly buying guns to be illegally exported to Mexico, federal authorities said.

Six suspects are behind bars and one is on the lam for allegedly buying guns to be illegally exported to Mexico, federal authorities said.

There are now a reported 32 groups of volunteers searching for missing people throughout the state of Baja California, including 20 in the city of Tijuana alone.

Police have pulled six bodies wrapped in blankets from a clandestine landfill in Juarez’s lower valley.

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is deploying more National Guard troops to the border to help fight the opioid crisis. According to the governor’s office, anywhere from 40 to 60 additional soldiers will be sent to the four U.S. ports of entry along the California-Mexico border to support the […]

A federal report released Thursday found numerous instances that construction of the border wall during the Trump administration adversely impacted wildlife, the environment and Indigenous and other culture on the Southwest border.

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The city of Mexicali announced a “giant” addition to its Mexican Independence Day celebration lineup next week. The city, located about 120 miles east of Tijuana, will be hosting Banda El Recodo, one of Mexico’s most iconic and popular bands, for a free concert on the evening of Friday 15. […]

The city of Tijuana is reminding its own police force and other law enforcement in the state that they can't turn migrants over to immigration officials for the purpose of apprehension or detention.

They are sold complete packages for $10,000 to bring them from say Colombia all the way to Tijuana, then they are met with a guide who shows them where to cross and how download further instructions.