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Agent dies trying to save woman
Staff WriterFamily and friends of a local U.S. Border Patrol agent are in mourning after he died Sunday after trying to save a woman at a waterfall pool in Hawaii, according to various news reports. El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agent Kris Gungon, 31, of Imperial... -
Family of California woman killed by U.S. Border Patrol files suit
ReutersBy Marty Graham SAN DIEGO, May 21 (Reuters) - The family of a San Diego woman killed in an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday alleging a plainclothes agent used excessive force when he opened fire on...Tags: Transportation Accidents, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Justice System, Motorvehicle Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice
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Valley Police Beat: Two transported after vehicle collision
EL CENTRO - Two people were transported to a local hospital after sustaining minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident near Ocotillo Drive and Imperial Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. A small pickup and a sedan were involved in the collision, according to...Tags: Police Arrests, Juvenile Delinquency, Punishment, Gaming, Wii
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Valley Police Beat: Electronics, cabinet stolen
EL CENTRO — At least two laptop computers and a cabinet valued at more than $1,000 were reported as burglarized from a residence near the 500 block of Brighton Avenue on Monday. An unknown number of subjects got into the residence by climbing an...Tags: Theft, Heroin, Car Tires, Prisons, Crimes
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Teen found with heroin
SALTON CITY - A teenager was found with more than four pounds of heroin on him at the Highway 86 checkpoint Saturday, according to a press release. Around 11 a.m., U.S. Border Patrol agents referred a tour bus for secondary inspection, and upon...Tags: Heroin
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Valley Police Beat: Male subjects detained, face felony charges in Calipatria
Imperial Valley Press Staff WritersCALIPATRIA - A surveillance operation by Calipatria State Prison Specialized Teams resulted in the arrest of two civilian subjects early Friday, according to a press release. One of the suspects reportedly tried to throw a bag filled with drugs and...Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Heroin, Prisons, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Valley Police Beat: Teen smuggles methamphetamine
SALTON CITY - U.S. Border Patrol found packages of methamphetamine wrapped on a 16-year-old’s body at the Highway 86 checkpoint Tuesday, according to a press release. Around 3 p.m., a 53-year-old male taxi driver with a 16-year-old female passenger...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug)
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Valley Police Beat:Calexico man dies after traffic collision
BRAWLEY — A Calexico man died Saturday after a vehicle collision near Brawley, according to the Imperial County Coroner’s Office. Alfonso Guzman, 61, of Calexico was driving south on Brandt Road when the accident occurred, said Sheriff’...Tags: Sex Crimes
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Fallen law enforcement officials remembered during annual ceremony
Staff WriterSince the inaugural event five years ago, the Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony has had the same man sing the National Anthem. Henry Rosas, an officer at Centinela State Prison and brother of fallen U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas, said the...Tags: Robert J. Lopez, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Law Enforcement
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Border Patrol agents apprehend sex offender in desert
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro station arrested a convicted sex offender in the Mount Signal desert area on Thursday, according to a press release from the local station. The 39-year-old man was apprehended by Border Patrol agents... -
Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see
SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...
Tags: Immigration, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Illegal Immigrants, Justice and Rights
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Pro-migrant caravan leaves Calexico for cross country trip
Staff Writer, Copy EditorHOLTVILLE – Blamed for everything from high rates of unemployment to crime, illegal immigration has increasingly been a concern for the public as well as public officials. Yet it isn’t exclusively an American or Mexican problem. “To...Tags: Immigration, Culture, Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC
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