original point of entrance, they re put on buses to neighboring california and texas and once arrived, processed aen then deported. and agents say one of the overall goals is cut off supply to the coyotes who are very active and particularly aggressive along the arizona-mexico border. these sluggers in arizona are taking the people through some of the worst terrain you can imagine and they don t care about them and that s the hard truth. it also reduces recitivism rates according to the department of homeland security, an illegal immigrant is 14% likely to try crossing the border again if they are moved. but some critics don t buy the humanitarian argument being made by the u.s. government, in fact, some say it s the fed s fault they re in that spot in the first place. it s like pushing someone into a pool and then diving in
local and federal authorities in tempe, arizona. they called it operation crank call. it involved under cover work over 15-month period of time. the target was an offshoot of the sinaloa drug cartel that is considered one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the entire world. this began after a routine drug arrest. a police officer saw a man engage in a drug deal. he pulled him over. this guy wound up being a delivery guy for the drug ring and the investigation was off and running. in the end as you mentioned 203 people arrested. almost $8 million in cash was seized. more than 1200 pound of drug was uncovered. talking marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methaphetamine. also 44 firearms were seized as well. the state attorney general hopes the arrests will prompt federal officials to put more patrol units down along the arizona-mexico border. the investigation into the sinaloa drug cartel continues. the goal is to indict the
of a mexican man convicted of striking and killing an arizona border patrol agent back in 2008. jesus navarro, an alleged drug smuggler could face a life sentence for the death of border patrol agent luis aguilar. they say he ran him over as he tried to lay spike strips to puncture the tires. trace gallagher has more. reporter: this happened near the arizona mexico border, and the agent, luis aguilar thought the hummer he spotted in the desert was loaded with marijuana. he tried to throw down a spike strip to stop the vehicle. instead of going over the spike strip the driver ran over agent aguilar, killing him. jesus navarro was later arrested in mexico. he confessed to the crime but tpwhou says the confession was beaten out of him.
bill: how s this for timing in yashing in arizona, videotape showing the wreck yang, taking out power lines before landing in a neighborhood. witnesses say powerful winds ripped it from its moorings, debris left scattered for miles, that balloon was used to monitor activity along the arizona-mexico border. we re getting new reports this morning that u.s. investigators may actually get a chance to question usama bin laden s wives, although pakistan is saying they haven t received a formal request in the u.s. just yet. here s a question: what could bin laden s wives possibly tell us? michael balboni is former homeland security adviser to president obama. other than details about life in the compound, what could these women provide us that s valuable? certainly their travels with usama bin laden, who they met with, that type of
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