Fronteras Desk News

You can't live on public wilderness land ... and I can't figure out who controls the land.
Jul. 18, 2012
It was a historic election season in Mexico. Here's an update on a race we followed during our series "The Border and the Mexican Ballot."
Jul. 18, 2012
A former Navy SEAL is headed to prison for more than 17 years. He was sentenced Tuesday for his role in an illegal gun trafficking operation.
Jul. 17, 2012
A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that federal immigration officials are doing a poor job of overseeing schools certified to enroll foreign exchange students.
Jul. 17, 2012
A U.S. Senate subcommittee released a report Tuesday blasting the major bank HSBC for allowing itself to be used for laundering money by Mexican drug cartels.
Jul. 17, 2012
If there is to be a true and honest investigation—which may be too much to ask for—of the presidential results in Mexico, it needs to start with the allegations that people were denied their right to vote.
Jul. 17, 2012
How do you reach a Latino voter? Identify the social media platforms or websites they go to. And it doesn't hurt to get an audience with a popular blogger.
Jul. 17, 2012
A couple days before the presidential election in Mexico, I spent a day in Ciudad Juárez talking to ordinary people about voting.
Jul. 17, 2012
A border agent and two others were arraigned in San Diego on Monday on charges of human smuggling and bribery.
Jul. 17, 2012
Civil rights advocates have until the end of the week to decide if they will try and block the controversial Section 2B from taking effect.
Jul. 16, 2012
What’s that smell after a rain in the desert? Growing up in Phoenix, I remember that distinct aroma after a summer storm.
Jul. 16, 2012
Somewhere in a FBI evidence room is a single bullet, identified as Q6. It's the bullet used to kill Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in December 2010.
Jul. 16, 2012
My new Arizona driver's license symbolizes much more than permission to drive. But what does it take to get one?
Jul. 16, 2012
Because more and more Latinos are going online, campaigns are increasingly turning to the Internet to cultivate this group of voters and to get more of them to participate in elections.
Jul. 16, 2012
A Senate investigations committee will begin a probe into a major bank to determine whether it failed to protect against money laundering by Mexican drug cartels.
Jul. 13, 2012
A Northern Arizona hospital is donating $1 million to Flagstaff schools to get kids in shape.
Jul. 13, 2012
An attorney for the family of a man who died after an encounter with San Diego border agents said a federal grand jury has been called to investigate the incident.
Jul. 12, 2012
The U.S. Border Patrol is getting back to its roots. The nation’s first line of defense against illegal immigration will be closing nine interior stations within six months.
Jul. 12, 2012
While New Mexico has received enough rain to lift some fire restrictions, other parts of the Southwest are still dry. That makes them vulnerable to lightning-sparked fires, as well as human-caused fires.
Jul. 11, 2012
A Southern California police department received a nearly $3 million grant to fight money laundering along the border.
Jul. 11, 2012

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