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Jan 10, 2007

EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers performing anti-terror inspections at El Paso area border ports of entry made six marijuana seizures this past weekend, confiscating a total of 2,021 pounds of the drug. CBP officers recorded…

Jan 8, 2007

Border Situation Remains Chaotic On Tuesday, January 9, County Attorney Andrew Thomas called for an inquiry by Congress and the Arizona legislature into the circumstances surrounding the recent reported retreat by National Guard troops along the Mexican border after they…

Jan 8, 2007

WASHINGTON The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released today fiscal year 2007 grant guidance and application kits for five grant programs that will total roughly $445 million in funding for state, local and private industry infrastructure protection initiatives. These five…

Jan 3, 2007

County Attorney's Office Will Seek Prison Sentence County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced that his office has charged Mike Tyson, former world heavyweight boxing champion, with two felony drug crimes and two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence. The charges…

Jan 2, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency redesignated the Miami, Ariz. area as having met the federal health standard for sulfur dioxide and approved the state's plan to maintain healthy air quality levels in the area for the 10…

Dec 20, 2006

TUCSON, Ariz.-- A federal grand jury in Tucson, Ariz. returned a two count indictment against United States Border Patrol Agent Paul C. Smith, 32, of Arizona City, Arizona. for Theft of Public Property and Money. U. S. Attorney Paul K.…

Dec 19, 2006

By Sgt. Jim Greenhill National Guard Bureau SAN LUIS, Ariz. The U.S. border with Mexico here is flat. There is no river between the two countries, and the Yuma Desert stretches to the east. But the borderland terrain is considerably…

Dec 14, 2006

Phoenix, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced on December 14 the indictment of Douglas K. Martin, the Arizona State Mine Inspector, on three counts of theft, three counts of fraud and three counts of procurement code fraud. The indictment alleges…