Fronteras Desk News
The NSA debate enters the case of a Sinaloan druglord's son.
Jan. 17, 2014
A university research team in Texas was one of six teams selected by the FAA recently to begin testing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles — otherwise known as drones. The main focus of the testing is to work out safety and communication issues, and huge chunks of Texas have been designated as potential testing sites. But some parts of the state are not keen on the idea.
Jan. 17, 2014
Cell phone video shows man being held on the ground while a Border Patrol agent punches him repeatedly.
Jan. 17, 2014
A rare development proposed just south of downtown Phoenix would link a cultural and economic divide.
Jan. 17, 2014
Maricopa County's Sheriff is blaming the federal government for a recent racial profiling ruling against his agency.
Jan. 16, 2014
For the third consecutive year San Pedro Sula in Honduras has been named the world's most violent city.
Jan. 16, 2014
Conservationists plan to sue the federal government over seven of the Southwest’s scaly and slimy creatures.
Jan. 16, 2014
The ACLU filed a complaint Wednesday with the Homeland Security Department over alleged agent actions at checkpoints in Southern Arizona.
Jan. 16, 2014
A middle school shooting in Roswell, New Mexico, has left one 13-year-old girl hospitalized in stable condition, and a 12-year-old boy in critical condition with injuries to his face and neck.
Jan. 16, 2014
With just days to go before Texas plans to execute Edgar Tamayo, a citizen of Mexico, various Latino civil rights organizations are calling for a review of the case.
Jan. 15, 2014
An in-depth study into why immigrants are leaving the United States and returning to Mexico is being released by a binational nonprofit based in San Antonio.
Jan. 15, 2014
Underage girls who are victims of human trafficking have one place to go in Tijuana where they can start a new life.
Jan. 15, 2014
Senator Luisa Calderón Hinojosa, sister of former Mexican President Felipe Calderón, highlights the asylum case of Carlos Gutierrez, a small business owner whose legs were amputated.
Jan. 15, 2014
A brief history of gun laws and violence in New Mexico.
Jan. 15, 2014
Mexico to Texas: The trade in prescription drugs smuggled to the United States
Jan. 15, 2014
The federal government is pitching in to cleanup the U.S.-Mexico border. The Environmental Protection Agency has just awarded $461,368 in grants to fund several public health projects.
Jan. 14, 2014
Two students have been hospitalized after a gunman opened fire at a New Mexico middle school Tuesday morning.
Jan. 14, 2014
Attorneys for a Southern New Mexico man who sued police for subjecting him to a rectal exam have settled the case. He will receive $1.6 million in compensation.
Jan. 14, 2014
The United States Border Patrol is testing a remote-controlled drone that can identify illicit tunnels beneath the Mexican border.
Jan. 14, 2014
San Antonio’s historic Spanish Missions could join the ranks of the Pyramids of Egypt and the Grand Canyon as the most cherished and visited landmarks on Earth. But there's a problem.
Jan. 14, 2014