azpm.org — PHOENIX — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Thursday their biggest fentanyl bust ever, saying they captured nearly 254 pounds of the synthetic drug that is fueling a national epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses from a secret compartment inside a load of Mexican produce heading into Arizona. The drug was found hidden Saturday […]
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US Border Agency Announces Biggest-Ever Fentanyl Bust, Worth $3.5M
Additional troops to be sent to the border
CBSNEWS — An additional 2,000 to 3,000 troops are expected to be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border, CBS News’ David Martin reported Wednesday. This comes one day after acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters “several thousand” additional troops would be required to offer additional support to administration efforts to prevent illegal immigration. There are […]
Migrant Caravan Swells to 12,000 at Mexico’s Southern Border
BREITBART — Mexican immigration officials in the city of Ciudad Hidalgo, which borders Guatemala, are establishing procedures to expedite the process in which to approve one-year humanitarian visas for members of the Central American migrant caravan who are arriving daily. The one-year humanitarian visas, promised by Mexico’s new President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is a […]