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Agent dies trying to save woman
Staff WriterFamily and friends of a local U.S. Border Patrol agent are in mourning after he died Sunday after trying to save a woman at a waterfall pool in Hawaii, according to various news reports. El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agent Kris Gungon, 31, of Imperial... -
Family of California woman killed by U.S. Border Patrol files suit
ReutersBy Marty Graham SAN DIEGO, May 21 (Reuters) - The family of a San Diego woman killed in an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday alleging a plainclothes agent used excessive force when he opened fire on...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Accidents, Trials
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Valley Police Beat: Two transported after vehicle collision
EL CENTRO - Two people were transported to a local hospital after sustaining minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident near Ocotillo Drive and Imperial Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. A small pickup and a sedan were involved in the collision, according to...Tags: Wii, Punishment, Xbox 360, Entertainment, Trials
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CORRECTED-REFILE-A Texas town becomes the tomb of the unknown immigrant
Reuters(Corrects dateline format and removes extraneous words in paragraph 5) By Jared Taylor FALFURRIAS, Texas, May 15 (Reuters) - Mounds of dirt decorated with fake flowers sit at the northern edge of the cemetery in this town about 80 miles north of the U....Tags: Human Rights, Civil Rights, Labor Legislation, Politics, Justice System
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A Texas town becomes the tomb of the unknown immigrant
ReutersFALFURRIAS, Texas (Reuters) - Mounds of dirt decorated with fake flowers sit at the northern edge of the cemetery in this town about 80 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. Small metal placards mark the graves of the unknown, generally by gender,...Tags: Human Rights, Civil Rights, Labor Legislation, Justice System, Politics
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Valley Police Beat: Electronics, cabinet stolen
EL CENTRO — At least two laptop computers and a cabinet valued at more than $1,000 were reported as burglarized from a residence near the 500 block of Brighton Avenue on Monday. An unknown number of subjects got into the residence by climbing an...Tags: Highway Transportation, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Drug Trafficking
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Teen found with heroin
SALTON CITY - A teenager was found with more than four pounds of heroin on him at the Highway 86 checkpoint Saturday, according to a press release. Around 11 a.m., U.S. Border Patrol agents referred a tour bus for secondary inspection, and upon...Tags: Heroin
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Valley Police Beat: Male subjects detained, face felony charges in Calipatria
Imperial Valley Press Staff WritersCALIPATRIA - A surveillance operation by Calipatria State Prison Specialized Teams resulted in the arrest of two civilian subjects early Friday, according to a press release. One of the suspects reportedly tried to throw a bag filled with drugs and...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Robert J. Lopez, Prisons, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see
SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...
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Valley Police Beat:Calexico man dies after traffic collision
BRAWLEY — A Calexico man died Saturday after a vehicle collision near Brawley, according to the Imperial County Coroner’s Office. Alfonso Guzman, 61, of Calexico was driving south on Brandt Road when the accident occurred, said Sheriff’...Tags: Sex Crimes
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Fallen law enforcement officials remembered during annual ceremony
Staff WriterSince the inaugural event five years ago, the Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony has had the same man sing the National Anthem. Henry Rosas, an officer at Centinela State Prison and brother of fallen U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas, said the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Robert J. Lopez, Laws, Human Interest
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Border Patrol agents apprehend sex offender in desert
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro station arrested a convicted sex offender in the Mount Signal desert area on Thursday, according to a press release from the local station. The 39-year-old man was apprehended by Border Patrol agents...
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