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Alliance sweetens Border Patrol agents' special day
Staff WriterValley residents took time to show U.S. Border Patrol agents gratitude Thursday as part of National Border Patrol Appreciation Day. Members of the Alliance of Border Patrol Wives sent baked goods to different stations “to show our appreciation... -
$444,000 of methamphetamine found in car at Highway 86 checkpoint
Staff WriterCalexico police officers, with assistance from U.S. Border Patrol agents, discovered 13.9 pounds of methamphetamine inside a vehicle and arrested a man this morning following a routine traffic stop, according to a Calexico police official. Around 7 a....Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Highway Transportation, Drug Trafficking
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Valley Police Beat: $444K of drugs found in car at checkpoint
CALEXICO — Calexico police officers, with assistance from U.S. Border Patrol agents, discovered 13.9 pounds of methamphetamine inside a vehicle and arrested a man this morning following a routine traffic stop, according to a Calexico police...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Drug Trafficking
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Valley Police Beat: Agents seize 92 pounds of marijuana
CALEXICO - U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two men and seized 92 pounds of marijuana estimated to be worth $73,000 Friday evening near the Imperial Sand Dunes, according to a press release. Around 9 p.m., agents from the Calexico station saw two...
Tags: Police Arrests, Prisons, Drug Trafficking
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Concerns expressed over potential impact of sequester
Staff Writer, Copy EditorWith the Friday deadline for the so-called sequester fast approaching, a number of public officials have expressed concerns about potential impacts to agency personnel and operations. Additionally, others have stated that it is too early to tell just...Tags: Janet Napolitano, Business, Prisons, National Security, Small Businesses
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Border Patrol agents seize 92 pounds of marijuana near Imperial dunes
Staff WriterU.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two men and seized 92 pounds of marijuana estimated to be worth $73,000 on Friday evening near the Imperial Sand Dunes, according to a press release. Around 9 p.m., agents from the Calexico station saw two people... -
Today in History: U.S. Border Patrol agents patrol on a vehicle developed 177 years ago
>> 50 Years Ago — For nearly two years, the Imperial Valley Development Agency has drawn more than $90,000 per year, and to date there is little or nothing in Imperial Valley to show for it. In the next few months, the county and its cities will...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Valley Police Beat: Agents arrest convicted sex offender
IMPERIAL COUNTY — A convicted sex offender was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Highway 86 checkpoint at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday. An interview and inspection determined that the 31-year-old male Mexican citizen had previously been...Tags: Police Arrests, Punishment, Shootings
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A risky return to the U.S.
The barrilero never stops moving. All day he wheels cardboard barrels stuffed with used clothing through the narrow aisles of the warehouse. He dumps the apparel atop tables for sorters, who separate nylons from cottons, satins from silks, denims from...
Tags: Students, Pakistan, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Labor Legislation
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Obama's new choice for ATF
President Barack Obama's recent announcement of a broad gun violence agenda included an interesting nugget of news: He has given up on his nomination of Andrew Traver to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Traver, who...Tags: Firearms, Elections, Justice System, Eric Holder, Politics
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A father's long battle for his daughters
Luis Ernesto Rodriguez eyed the metal door as he waited for his little girls. Now 6 and 5 years old, they were his only children, inseparable, with thick black hair and mischievous smiles that reminded people of little mermaids. More than two years...
Tags: International Law, Basketball, Sports, Civil Rights, Blackmail and Extortion
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Today in History: Publisher trapped in canal with horse on top of him
>> 20 Years Ago — J.R. “Dick” Fitch, the president, editor and publisher of the Imperial Valley Press, said Saturday evening said he was “very, very sore,” after being trapped in the bottom of a canal with a horse on top of...
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