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Summer school classes for the Laredo Independent School District begin Tuesday, May 31,...

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Law enforcement in the region are increasingly finding the bodies of suspected migrants whose journeys to the U.S. often have grim endings.

Law enforcement in the region are increasingly finding the bodies of suspected migrants whose journeys to the U.S. often have grim endings.

A report shows the number of people who went missing or are known to have died along the U.S.-Mexico Border hit an all-time high in 2021.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seize $1.5 million in cash during a traffic stop in South Texas.

A documentary five years in the making, <a href="https://www.missinginbrookscounty.com/" target="_blank">“Missing in Brooks County,”</a> shows the stark reality of an ongoing crisis of migrants dying in the unforgiving terrain around a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.

View Comments COLORADO RIVER, Ariz. — In the scorching heat, against the backdrop of a vehicle barrier separating the United States from Mexico, officials from federal agencies in both countries came together to explain the dangers of crossing their shared border. Representatives from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Mexican Consulate in Yuma and Mexico’s C5 surveillance force spoke at an annual event on Thursday afternoon near Yuma with the goal of dissuading unauthorized crossing...

You put yourself in incredible peril: Extreme heat can be deadly for border crossers, officials warn Meena Venkataramanan and Andrew Favakeh, Arizona Republic © Meena Venkataramanan / The Republic A dummy weighing 220 pounds is carried for several hundred yards to reenact what Border Patrol agents do when encountering a migrant who is ill. The simulation was part of an event on July 8, 2021, at the Arizona-Mexico border near Yuma emphasizing the danger of border crossing with...

Border Patrol heat rescues triple with still four months remaining Published Border Patrol heat rescues triple with still four months remaining Agents forecast how many rescues theyll have by the end of the year - CBS 13S April Hettinger reports YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents are still seeing 450 to 500 migrants crossing the border every day, and with triple-digit temperatures starting a little earlier this year, the number of hea...