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U.S. and Mexican relations strain over death involving border patrol

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The Mexican government and the FBI are at odds over who was responsible for a death that followed a pair of shootings involving US border patrol agents. Mexican authorities have claimed the death was caused by the border patrol, which it accused of using an unnecessary level of force in…

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Cops in shoot out with Mexican drug gang across Rio Grande

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(Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican drug traffickers fought a gun battle across the Rio Grande river in south Texas, authorities said on Friday, the latest of a spate of cross-border shootings in recent months. The Border Patrol said gunfire erupted on Wednesday after agents confronted a group…

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California desert drug bust nets $22.6 mln in marijuana

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A record 14 tons of marijuana, valued at over $22.6 million, was seized in the California desert at a checkpoint roughly 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, federal officials said on Friday. Agents found the marijuana in 1,100 bundles concealed inside a tractor-trailer, marking the…

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