Alexander Nguyen
Prosecutors say the 19-year-old victim, identified in court papers only by his initials, stole drugs that he was planning to smuggle from Mexico into the U.S. In response, alleged drug traffickers kidnapped the teen and took him hostage in an effort to extort his parents.
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More than 560 million gallons of storm-driven and sewage tainted water flows into the U.S. -
Friendship Park has been closed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. -
San Ysidro's long running issues with air pollution centers on the region's busy cross border traffic. Wait times at the border make the situation worse. -
A divided three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that it found the ban interferes with the federal government’s authority to enforce the law. -
The mayor of San Diego is in Washington D.C. asking for help on several issues including the border. -
The Biden administration has released a plan to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation. -
The route for Haitian migrants camped under a bridge in a small Texas border town goes through South America. Many flew to Brazil or Chile and, after jobs dried up, made an arduous journey to the U.S. border to wait in Mexican cities for the right time to enter the United States and claim asylum. -
Jean Elise Durandisse, a pastor with the Haitian Ministry of San Diego, said he was appalled by the treatment the Haitians received in Del Rio. -
The chamber has made countless attempts to reach out to the White House, but San Ysidro’s Chamber of Commerce director says all their letters have gone unanswered. -
One man in the Central Valley was hoping he would feel relieved to finally be a legal resident of the U.S. He followed the rules and he went back to Mexico for the final step to apply for his green card, an interview at the U.S. consulate. His wife and kids expected him back in a week or two. But that's not what happened.
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