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June 12, 2008
Secure Borders? Try Fenced In
With $860 million spending sprees, high-tech surveillance towers that don't work and Operation Streamline show trials, it's still the same old catch-and-release game
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July 27, 2006
�Viva Border Volleyball!
No changing sides allowed
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March 24, 2005
Last Exit to Tombstone
Scenes from the capital of illegal immigration
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December 23, 2004
6 Reasons Why November 2 Wasn't a Total Gay Political Nightmare
Scenes from the capital of illegal immigration
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August 12, 2004
Who�ll Stop the Rain?
Scenes from the capital of illegal immigration
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June 3, 2004
Dead Men Walking
Border crossings gone very, very wrong
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December 4, 2003
On the Border of Hypocrisy
The unintended consequences of getting tough on illegal immigration
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January 10, 2002
Border Calls
In the Mexican desert, a sanctuary for worried migrants
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July 12, 2001
Drug War Index
In the Mexican desert, a sanctuary for worried migrants
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July 12, 2001
Raves on the Run
Feds jack up sentences, enforcement against Ecstasy
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April 30, 2009
Swine Flu Notes: Where's the Pork?
We're one week into L.A.'s chapter of the swine flu pandemic/panic and already people are asking, "Where's the pork?" Raised on bio-disaster movies and braced for the worst upon hearing of Mexico's initial death toll, Angelenos were expecting (not, I should stress, hoping) to see bodies in the stree ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Sea Cucumbers Seized by Customs Agents
Maybe U.S. Customs agents don't frequent Chung King or Bu San or Chang's Garden for the purpose of ordering sea cucumber quite as much as some restaurant critics do. If they did, perhaps they may have been more understanding on Sunday, when agents seized 300 pounds of the cucumbers, a delicacy on m ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
1974 Called: It Wants Its Magic Bus Back
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced that they just recovered a Volkswagen van that had been reported stolen in 1974. The 1965 Bus was found in at the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports, in a shipping container bound for the Netherlands, Customs authorities said. They ran the van's vehi ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
All Your Bong Are Belong To U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionLet me see that bong ba-bong bong bong.The man cannot be fooled: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced Thursday they seized a bong-load of paraphernalia that was shipped to the U.S. from China disgui ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Illegal Barbies Stopped In San Diego
MattelTeresa, the Latina Barbie.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced on Thursday they seized 600 illegal Barbie dolls worth nearly $24,000 dollars. It wasn't clear if the undocumented Barbies were from Mexico, so hold off on the illegal bashing. (Besides, Mexican Barbies a ... More >>
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December 22, 2009
FBI Once Investigated Michael Jackson For 'Transporting A Minor Across State Lines For Immoral Purposes'
The FBI on Tuesday released its files relating to pop star Michael Jackson. Most of the seven files, which comprise a total of 333 pages, relate to the bureau's assistance with local cases surrounding molestation allegations. In 1993, the FBI states, its London and Manila offices stepped int ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Weed Takes Root
Marijuana's steady march toward legalization nationwide
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February 3, 2010
Today In WTF: Man Allegedly Poses As U.S. Agent, Deports Relative's Wife
Hemet policeGreg Raymond Denny Jr..We couldn't make this up if we tried. In a story first reported in the Riverside Press-Enterprise, a man is alleged to have dressed and identified himself as a U.S. Marshal, kidnapped the wife of a distant cousin under the guise of an immigration arrest, and ... More >>
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March 10, 2010
Breaking News: Restaurant's Owner, Sushi Chef Charged In Whale Meat Scandal
Federal charges were filed Wednesday against a Santa Monica restaurant and its sushi chef for allegedly serving sei whale, an endangered species projected under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, the U.S. Attorney's office announced. The criminal complaint charges the The Hump's parent c ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
'Tis The Season For Cheap (Fake) Sunglasses In L.A.
Notice a lot of high-end Italian sunglasses out there perched nicely on the noggins of people who don't have the rest of the couture ensemble to match? Us too. Let us be so presumptuous to suggest that at least some of these designer light-ray filters are ... fake. A U.S. Customs and Border ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
1,200 National Guard Troops Heading To The U.S.-Mexico Border
The border at Imperial Beach, Calif.The Obama administration on Tuesday pledged to put 1,200 National Guard troops at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a request by an Arizona congresswoman who complained about an influx of illegal Mexican immigrants. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Tucs ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border
The border at Imperial Beach, Calif.The Obama administration on Tuesday pledged to put 1,200 National Guard troops at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a request by an Arizona congresswoman who complained about an influx of illegal Mexican immigrants. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Tucs ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Worlds Apart
Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law
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October 15, 2010
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder In L.A. To Make Announcement About Marijuana Legalization; He'll Be Joined By Pot Foes
Will Eric Holder denounce Prop. 19?U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to be in town Friday to make an announcement about California's marijuana-legalization effort. We're not expecting it to be an endorsement. Here's why: Standing with him will be Prop. 19 opponents Sheriff Lee B ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work
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December 16, 2010
The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty
Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work
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December 20, 2010
21 Million Contraband Plastic Bags From China Seized At Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport
Have a nice day in fiery plastic-bag hell, suckersWho would cough up a 77 percent tax just to ship $450,000 in cheap-o "Have a Nice Day" plastic bags? Definitely not China. An attempt at skirting the anti-dumping tax by an overseas plastic-bag company was intercepted yesterday by U.S. Custom ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
(PHOTOS) L.A. Man Hides Illegal Alien In Back Of Truck, Under Buckets Cut To Shape Of Body
More effective when not cut to shape of bodyAt first, when they glanced at the truck bed of a 31-year-old L.A. resident yesterday, all U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Tijuana-California border could see was a bunch of buckets, filled with tools and painting equipment. Littl ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Grass Reindeer Figures Seized At LAX (No, They're Not Made Of That Kind Of Grass)
CPBDo these belong under a tree, or maybe in a bong?You know it wouldn't be the holidaze without some seriously grinchy stories coming at ya. Yesterday we told you how L.A. city officials and police cracked down on fake designer crap (and DVDs) your mom buys. Now comes word that the crack, h ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Miami Man Tries To Smuggle 14 Pounds Of Colombian Cocaine Through LAX In Candy Easter Eggs
Easter came early for ICE officials last ThursdayEsteban Galtes, the 23-year-old Miami resident due in L.A. federal court today for smuggling blow, could have at least waited until springtime to disguise his stash in little pastel candies shaped like Easter eggs. When asked why he was carryi ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
Top 10 U.S. Customs Seizures Of 2010, Including $9 Million Train-Load Of Pot In California
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionDamn leafhopping aliens resorted to pineapple transit in AugustJumping at another chance to flex some red-white-and-blue muscle this New Year -- and surely aware of the Internet's obsession with Top 10 lists -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials rel ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
SoCal Border Patrol Agent Hoards Meth, Illegal Immigrants In Home -- Including Own Father
FBIThe Sr. half of the Manzano schemersHow about a fresh slice of tragic irony for this humdrum Wednesday afternoon? We've just learned of one U.S. Border Patrol agent who, let's just say, isn't quite as anti-immigrant as those in Weekly cover story "The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Imm ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Opium, 8 Pounds Worth, Found on LAX Passenger Arriving From Amsterdam, Authorities Allege
What happened to good ole' fashioned American heroin, anyway?Hmm. Coming from Amsterdam, eh? Maybe we better take a closer look at those suitcases. That was the case at LAX, and authorities said they busted a 28-year-old U.S. citizen returning from the Dutch city. They allege he had nearly 9 ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
WTF: Teens Allegedly Smuggle Marijuana Into California -- Where It's Legal!
Breaking news: Weed is available in California, legally.Maybe these kids don't read. This is like bringing sand to the beach, offering up a joint at Charlie Sheen's house, or throwing a dollar bill into one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' fireplace. It's simply uncalled for. In toda ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Rodney King Beating: 20 Years Later, Here Are 5 More Violent California Cops Caught on Video
Before there were cell phonesToday's the 20th anniversary of L.A.'s infamous brush with rock bottom: The 1991 brutal police beating of Rodney King, an act of unabashed racism by a group of four white LAPD officers whose 1992 "not guilty" verdicts gave way to the devastating L.A. riots. As th ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Cocaine-Soaked Rope Didn't Fool Feds at LAX, They Say: Suspects Jonathan Cottrell and Leanthony Henderson Arrested
Yay.Ah, great smuggling attempts through history. The classic surfboard de coca. The plaster snowman. And, now, coke-on-a-rope. That's right. Start your banjos. Because the pair of suspects is from Arkansas, a place, maybe, that would inspire one to dream that one day you could smuggle coc ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
L.A. Resident Jose Gutierrez Tased Into Coma by Arizona Border Agents, Threatened With Deportation While Still Unconscious
UnivisionGutierrez' skull had to be removed after a tussle with CBP agents, who won't provide surveillance or specificsForty-one-year-old Jose Gutierrez has lived in the U.S. since he was a kid. Until three weeks ago, he shared a house in the affluent Valley neighborhood of Woodland Hills wit ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
NSFW Photo: Man Caught Smuggling 159 Pounds of Iguana Meat, Covered in Fish, Across Mexican Border
www.jagendorf.comThe one that got awayAnd here we thought Tupac's alleged shooter was the man of the hour (closely trailed by a way-too-stoked John Edwards). Nope! The anonymous U.S. citizen trying to cross over from Mexico with 167 pounds of Iguana meat in tow on June 7 wins top blogroll hon ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Illegal Immigrant Suspects Land on Santa Cruz Island, Call 911 in Bid to Return Home
Santa Cruz Island: Es un mirage.Gosh. Imagine the disappointment. America! We made it. Wait, no. It's just a deserted island. No Lindsay Lohan. Not even a car wash. That was the case over the weekend when 15 suspected illegals landed on Santa Cruz Island, one of the famed Channel Islands o ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
GHB Date-Rape Drug Chemical Seized at LAX: Ravers Bummed
Say no to G.Three gallons of a precursor to the date-rape and rave drug GHB were seized at LAX, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced today. If you know anything about this stuff, a "cap" full will do, and three gallons would be enough to "date rape" just about the entire po ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Marijuana Nestled in Hot Sauce Shipment Gets Nabbed at California Border: $1.4 Million Worth of Spicy Weed Seized
Not the actual hot sauce in question.They say salsa is the number one condiment in the United States. Marijuana is often believed to be California's biggest cash crop. Put them together and what do you have? No, not a Cypress Hill house party. You have an all-American drug bust, according ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
[Updated] Cars, Pedestrians Crossing Mexico-U.S. Border Stuck in Tijuana After Scaffolding Collapse
ReutersThe hellish line to San Ysidro just got worse.Update: The wait time at the Otay crossing into the U.S. is over two hours, both in car and on foot. The southbound lanes into Tijuana have been re-opened, but border officials Tweet that they will not be "processing pedestrians or vehicles ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Hero Dog Awards: Beverly Hills Gala October 1 Decides Bravest Four-Legged in the Nation
The late and great Roselle. Update: Yes, the posthumous winner was Roselle! Big cash prizes went to Roselle and others. See at bottom of second page. The hairy competition has been pitched, with 453 heroic dogs from around the nation fighting it out for the eight finalist slots in the first ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Margarita Cabrera at Walter Maciel Gallery: Trying to Bridge the U.S.-Mexican Border
Courtesy of Walter Maciel GalleryCabrera's butterflies are each stamped with an impression of the U.S. pennyFarm implements and tools made of clay and decorated with ceramic birds, flowers and butterflies greet viewers entering the Walter Maciel Gallery, works from the Arbol de la Vida (Tree ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
15,000 Faux 'Paul Frank' Pirate Pajamas Seized at L.A. Port (Could Have Fooled Us)
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionJulius just got a little uglier.They must really be hurting for new things to counterfeit in Indonesia these days. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port just intercepted a 20-foot terminal container filled with -- get rea ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Jose Miguel Ramirez Jailed After Tracking App on Stolen Laptop Reveals His Facebook Page, Cops Say
November has brought us two stories of stolen laptops that were recovered with the help of tracking software. Looks like hot computers are the "it" gift for the recessionista. Read all about the guy who was allegedly caught red-handed, with screenshots of his face as he used a USC student's ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Snoop Dogg Says He Wants to Smoke Out President Obama, Is Soon Arrested by Federal Officers
President Obama, what with his Hawaiian heritage, is one of the most laid-back presidents ever to sit in the ultimate seat of power. He once shook the hand of a Marine, which is outside protocol, and you just know that he plays it cool. But Snoop Dogg's recent suggestion is beyond the bound ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Korean Man Tries to Carry 63 Pounds of Erectile-Dysfunction Drug Onto LAX Flight
White powder: A general no-no for carryon baggage.Updated at the bottom with naughty pics of Korean man's suitcase. Originally posted at 10:35 a.m. Exactly one week ago, Customs officers at LAX made the giggle-bust of a lifetime: They discovered 63 pounds of tadalafil, the generic form of e ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Over 10,000 Fake Football Jerseys Seized at LAX Since Start of NFL Season
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionCheer up, niners fans -- at least America caught the bad guys.Did you buy your 49ers jersey on the street for around $40, instead of $80? Then you probably fed into the thriving counterfeit-jersey black market, which thrives ever harder as the NFL season hea ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Marijuana For The Taking (And The Toking) Found Floating in Ocean Off Marina Del Rey
Fast TimesYes, there is a god, said the surfer. Free marijuana floating in the ocean was just there for the taking. Unfortunately, sheriff's deputies got to it before any of the guys at Venice Pier could. Damn it:
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