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Of marines detained thursday at camp pendleton on human smuggling and drug charges has now risen to 18 in addition to a sailor. tonight investigators looking into serious reports of misconduct both at home and abroad. miguel almaguer, nbc news. tonight police are going door to door in an urgent man hunt intensifying for two teenagers on the run suspected of murder. heres morgan chesky. >> reporter: tonight canadian police converging on a small town, crews setting up check points as heavily arm...

Designed to keep students safe. the sonoma county california fair doing away with a wildly popular pig scramble where they choose little pigs. animal rights groups say it is cruel and stresses out the piglets. it is being replaced with a greased watermelon obstacle course. another fox news alert. the marine corps announcing 16 marines at camp pendleton facing charges ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses. other marines from the first marine division taken in for questioning, unre...

Across the san fernando valley. >> thanks. and also breaking in southern california today, the dramatic mass arrest of 16 u.s. marines at camp pendleton. the junior enlisted troops busted as they stood in formation facing charges related to drugs and human trafficking. our miguel almaguer has late details. >> reporter: the 16 marines at camp pendleton were taken into custody today during battalion formation. the dramatic takedown by ncis part of a morning sweep. the marines arrested for their al...

Marine corps base here at camp pendleton who are involved and that is why these other 16 people have been arrested at this point. i can also tell you, though, that at this point theyre saying none of the people who were arrested were actually supporting the southwest border operations here. they had nothing to do with that, so its a separate story, but still quite shocking that 16 people have been arrested here, 16 marines. >> its completely shocking and so concerning for the military leadership...

Pendleton, the largest military base in california. one by one, the 16 marines pulled from the formation by authorities in front of their peers, handcuffed and taken into custody. all are lower ranking enlisted men, arrested, said the marine corps, for "alleged involvement in various illegal activities, from human smuggling to drug-related offenses." these arrests were triggered after two marines from the same base were charged earlier this month with transporting three undocumented mexicans "fo...

A city bus. >> he just got up and shot the dude in the chest. everybody just scattered. >> reporter: one victim on the bus was killed. about an hour later, after a massive police search, zaragoza was taken into custody. >> and clayton sandell joins us live tonight from california. and clayton, we know police are now trying to determine some sort of a motive here? >> reporter: thats right, david. they say zaragoza was armed when he was arrested. and they are trying to figure out a motive. they sa...

Withholding specifics as the marine corps investigates, officials confirm the arrests came after information was gained from a previous human smuggling investigation. on july 5th, two marines were charged with transportation of certain aliens for financial gain after investigators say they agreed to transport three mexican citizens for $8,000. with the possibility of additional charges, the marines say none took part in the southwest border support mission, and those arrested are junior enlisted...

Doesnt appear its taking any action. university officials also note this was a photograph that was taken off campus. meanwhile the u.s. attorney for northern mississippi is taking the photo and information and handing it over to the justice department. they could possibly investigate. lastly, we should say that the family of emmitt till has responded to the photo. they say to see them standing there smiling is disappointing, but not surprising. we have to stay focused on what is really important...

We are following developing and disturbing news this morning out of southern california. more than a dozen u.s. marines from camp pendleton are now in custody for, quote, various illegal activities. this includes drug-related offenses and the smuggling of undocumented m igrants along the u.s./mexico border. miguel almaguer is following this story from camp pendleton. >> reporter: some 800 marines were taking part in the early morning battalion formation when "ncis" investigators carried out a sw...

...adventure... ...and reconnecting. modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct at choicehotels.com. an investigation into human smuggling turned into a mass arrest today at camp pendleton in california. 16 marines were taken into custody for migrant smuggling and drug related offenses. the drug offenses had nothing to do with moving across the border. but this comes just weeks af...