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27 bodies found hacked up in Mexican border city of Reynosa
Read full article: 27 bodies found hacked up in Mexican border city of ReynosaSearchers have found 27 corpses in clandestine graves in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas, and many of them were hacked to pieces, volunteer searchers said Wednesday.
City councilor from Mexican border city arrested in Texas after 93 pounds of cocaine found in car, prosecutors say
Read full article: City councilor from Mexican border city arrested in Texas after 93 pounds of cocaine found in car, prosecutors sayA city councilor from the Mexican border city of Reynosa has been arrested at a checkpoint in Texas, after U.S. border patrol agents found about 42 kilograms of cocaine in her car.
Mercy Without Borders helping thousands of migrant arrivals in Reynosa, Mexico
Read full article: Mercy Without Borders helping thousands of migrant arrivals in Reynosa, MexicoRoland and Carolyn Ashbyās home in the Hill Country is a long way from the migrant camps along the Rio Grande in Reynosa, Mexico.
US often didn't screen workers at migrant centers: Watchdog
Read full article: US often didn't screen workers at migrant centers: WatchdogA government watchdog says the federal Health and Human Services Department often failed to perform required background checks on workers at emergency holding centers for migrant children who crossed the border alone during a surge in 2021.
Business on the border a concern for those in the Rio Grande Valley
Read full article: Business on the border a concern for those in the Rio Grande ValleyIt has been nearly six months since the trucker-blockade at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in response to Governor Greg Abbottās additional inspections. Alicia Barrera is back in the Rio Grande Valley to see what's changed since the order was lifted.
Federal judge plans to temporarily force Biden administration to keep rule that turns migrants away at the U.S.-Mexico border
Read full article: Federal judge plans to temporarily force Biden administration to keep rule that turns migrants away at the U.S.-Mexico borderA Louisiana judge will grant a restraining order that will keep in place Title 42, a pandemic-era health rule that the federal government had planned to drop next month.
Texas sues to block Biden administration from lifting Title 42, a pandemic-era health rule used to expel migrants
Read full article: Texas sues to block Biden administration from lifting Title 42, a pandemic-era health rule used to expel migrantsTexas has led the legal fight against the Biden administrationās immigration policies, filing numerous lawsuits that have led to judges overturning or altering those policies.
Blockade ends in Pharr-Reynosa bridge, DPS inspections continue
Read full article: Blockade ends in Pharr-Reynosa bridge, DPS inspections continuePolicies and protests are seeing a shift along the border, but how will the ripple effect impact you and your budget? KSAT's Alicia Barrera has the story with the latest details from the border blockade.
Migrant camps grow in Mexico amid uncertainty on US policy
Read full article: Migrant camps grow in Mexico amid uncertainty on US policyA nighttime operation to erect chain-link fencing and impose a registry may have been the beginning of the end for a migrant camp in Tijuana, Mexico, that blocks a major pedestrian crossing to the United States.
Revival of āremain in Mexicoā policy could have deadly consequences for asylum-seekers, advocates warn
Read full article: Revival of āremain in Mexicoā policy could have deadly consequences for asylum-seekers, advocates warnThe Biden administration says it will continue its legal fight against the revival of a Trump-era policy that requires asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases are pending.
Commando of men burst into Mexico border holding facility, free cartel leader
Read full article: Commando of men burst into Mexico border holding facility, free cartel leaderA commando of men dressed in military-style gear and carrying rifles burst into a jail in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, and freed the local leader of the Gulf cartel.
8 more arrests in Mexico border city attacks that killed 19
Read full article: 8 more arrests in Mexico border city attacks that killed 19Mexican authorities say eight more suspects have been arrested for alleged involvement in gun attacks earlier this month that killed 19 people in the northern Mexico border city of Reynosa, nearly all of whom appeared to be innocent bystanders.
4 more suspects held in Mexico border attack that killed 19
Read full article: 4 more suspects held in Mexico border attack that killed 19The top prosecutor in Mexico's border state of Tamaulipas says infighting between rival factions of the Gulf drug cartel was the apparent motive behind weekend shooting that killed 19 people, 15 of them apparently innocent bystanders.
Infighting in Gulf cartel blamed for shooting that killed 19 on Mexico border
Read full article: Infighting in Gulf cartel blamed for shooting that killed 19 on Mexico borderThe top prosecutor in Mexico's border state of Tamaulipas says infighting between rival factions of the Gulf drug cartel was the apparent motive behind weekend shooting that killed 19 people, 15 of them apparently innocent bystanders.
Fear shakes Mexico border city after violence leaves 14 dead
Read full article: Fear shakes Mexico border city after violence leaves 14 deadFear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers and a nursing student, and security forces responded with operations that left four suspects dead.
About 400 migrants expelled from the US are camping out in a border city, aid group says. Some are disappearing.
Read full article: About 400 migrants expelled from the US are camping out in a border city, aid group says. Some are disappearing.The aid group Doctors Without Borders says around 400 migrants expelled from the United States are camping out in a plaza in the dangerous Mexican border city of Reynosa.
Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps
Read full article: Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next stepsMigrants sleep under a gazebo at a park in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Saturday, March 27, 2021. The decisions unfold amid what Border Patrol officials say is an extraordinarily high 30-day average of 5,000 daily encounters with migrants. But under pandemic authority, Mexicans and citizens of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras can be expelled to Mexico throughout the night and in smaller towns. A U.S. travel advisory says heavily armed criminal groups patrol Reynosa in marked and unmarked vehicles. AdFelicia Rangel, founder of the Sidewalk School, which gives educational opportunities to asylum-seeking children in Mexican border cities, sees the makings of a squalid migrant camp like in nearby Matamoros, which recently closed.
Mexican man kills self on border bridge
Read full article: Mexican man kills self on border bridgeCIUDAD VICTORIA ā A Mexican man killed himself on a bridge connecting Reynosa, Mexico and Pharr, Texas, temporarily shutting down a portion of the bridge, Mexican officials said Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed only that a man had collapsed and died on the Mexican side of the bridge on Wednesday evening. Mexico's National Immigration Institute confirmed that the man was Mexican. U.S. officials at bridges open to pedestrians have been limiting how many people can cross to request asylum on a given day. The U.S. confirmed this week that it planned to begin sending Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala under a bilateral agreement with that country.