Law Enforcement
Title 42 allows border agents to turn away migrants, on the grounds of COVID-19, before they can seek asylum. When President Joe Biden tried to dismantle it, a group of 19 Republican state attorneys general sued.
Dec. 30, 2022
A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on various corruption and weapons charges. Ramon Monreal-Rodriguez, a former Tucson-area agent, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $151,000 in restitution to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Dec. 29, 2022
A polygamous leader from a community on the Utah-Arizona border pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges of kidnapping, and tampering with and destroying evidence.
Dec. 29, 2022
Authorities are warning of a rise in “sextortion” cases. Scammers target children online and coerce them into sending explicit photos. Then, the scammers demand money or threaten to release them. Akil Davis is the FBI special agent in charge of the Phoenix field office.
Dec. 21, 2022
Sonora’s governor says recent arrests will reduce outbursts of violence that have wracked several cities in recent weeks.
Dec. 15, 2022
More Phoenix police officers will be getting non-lethal weapons after the City Council approved $700,000 to expand a pilot program.
Dec. 15, 2022
This month an appeals court in California heard arguments for a case challenging an old, widely-used criminal statute that makes entering the U.S. after being deported a felony.
Dec. 14, 2022
The controversial protocol is set to end on Dec. 21 after almost three years thanks to a federal court ruling in Washington, D.C., that found its use was "arbitrary and capricious." But the battle over its future continues.
Dec. 13, 2022
A wrongful-death claim has been filed against the City of Tempe over the drowning of an unsheltered man in Tempe Town Lake in May.
Dec. 10, 2022
The leaders of two southern Arizona tribes have been appointed to join the Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Dec. 7, 2022
A video went viral in Mexico this week of children cowering under their desks in a Sonoran school while a teacher sings to keep them calm.
Dec. 7, 2022
The newest season of the Verified podcast looks at police misconduct in Arizona. Verified: Full Disclosure tells the story of a Phoenix police officer who accuses a fellow officer of sexual assault, but then later on realizes others had accused that same officer and that the department had not told her the truth about what had happened to her.
Dec. 6, 2022
A trial began this week for a former Border Patrol agent accused of killing multiple women in Texas. In coincides with another high-profile case involving a CBP agent in Arizona.
Dec. 5, 2022
The Drug Enforcement Agency made a shocking discovery while conducting a drug bust at a south Phoenix home Thursday morning. Officials say they found about 120 roosters suspected to be a part of an illegal cockfighting ring.
Dec. 3, 2022
A new report shows that a stunning number of murders in Mexico remain unsolved. Impunity has been a long-standing issue in the country.
Dec. 2, 2022
Two Scottsdale schools were put on lockdown Friday morning after a student reported seeing someone with a gun.
Dec. 2, 2022
A constitutional reform allowing the Mexican military to remain on the country’s streets for an additional four years will move forward after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled against an appeal to the change.
Nov. 30, 2022
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments beginning Tuesday on a case brought by Texas that challenges the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities. Experts say it could have broader implications than immigration policy.
Nov. 28, 2022
The city of Mesa has reached an $8 million settlement with the widow of a Texas man shot dead by police in 2016.
Nov. 25, 2022
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are asking the Biden administration how it will handle the border after Title 42. The pandemic-era restriction on asylum at the border is slated to end next month following a federal court order out of Washington, D.C., this month.
Nov. 23, 2022
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