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The U.S. Border Patrol has a new acting chief — the first woman to lead the agency in its 93-year history — as the Trump administration pursues plans to build a wall on the border with Mexico and hiring 5,000 agents. -
The San Diego activist and U.S. citizen is receiving medical treatment for severe injuries he suffered in Mexico under circumstances that remain mysterious. -
The San Diego activist disappeared for nearly five days after pleading for help on Facebook Live, saying criminals were hunting him near Mexico City. People close to him now want to bring him to a U.S. hospital. -
KPBS Midday EditionHugo Castro is in stable condition after being found Tuesday in Tlalnepantla de Baz, a city just north of Mexico City. Castro disappeared Thursday, after posting an appeal for help on Facebook Live.
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Rosarito police say the Uber driver was fatally shot while driving three U.S. citizens from a nightclub to their apartment rental. -
A delegation of nearly 90 politicians and business leaders from San Diego, Tijuana and the surrounding area are advocating for regional issues with Mexico's federal government. -
The Border Patrol's parent agency would exempt many veterans and law enforcement officers from a hiring requirement to take a lie detector test under a proposal to satisfy President Donald Trump's order to add 5,000 agents, according to a memo released by the agents' union. -
KPBS Midday EditionFederal prosecutors on Wednesday charged 55 people in a series of drug cases they claimed were some of the most significant yet to deal with San Diego County's rising heroin and methamphetamine use. -
Many reports of ramped-up immigration raids and checkpoints in San Diego County are false, according to immigration lawyers, federal officials and community leaders. -
KPBS Midday EditionPresident Trump has threatened to force Mexico to pay for his border wall by targeting money transfers into Mexico, or remittances. This would affect U.S. citizens as well as Mexicans.
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