Border Patrol and Mexican Police Make History at Arizona Border
This story was co-published with The Tribune Washington bureau.
NOGALES, ARIZ. -- In a politically sensitive operation at the Arizona-Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican federal police officers are training together, sharing intelligence and coordinating patrols for the first time.
The goal of the historic partnership: a systematic joint attack on northbound flows of drugs and migrants, and southbound shipments of guns and cash. It is part of a major, unannounced crackdown started in recent months that … more…
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May 06, 2009
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April 20, 2009
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April 16, 2009
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April 15, 2009
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April 14, 2009
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March 25, 2009
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March 16, 2009
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March 09, 2009
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February 25, 2009
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