California
One person was killed near the U.S.-Mexico border in what one border agent called an exchange of gunfire between U.S. border agents and a robbery crew.
March 4, 2024
Nine snakes and 43 horned lizards were seized from an alleged reptile smuggler who tried to cross the border into the U.S. at San Ysidro.
March 9, 2022
Politics
Advocates say the separations stem from the federal government’s ongoing practice of releasing high volumes of migrants to street locations around San Diego County without coordinated reception plans.
Dec. 15, 2023
Joel Garcia, 19, surrendered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection in San Diego. The shooting Oct. 30 left two men dead and two others wounded.
Nov. 10, 2022
Fake Chanel sunglasses and Cialis pills were among the thousands of items that U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized at the Port of Long Beach.
June 22, 2021
The semi-truck at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry was hauling nearly $3 million of methamphetamine disguised with “unusual” detail, officials said.
Feb. 26, 2022
World & Nation
U.S. officials say the number of migrant families they encountered at the border in June increased by 25% from May.
July 16, 2021
L.A. Now
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Jan. 10, 2013
Things appeared to return back to normal as the hours-long traffic to go through border checkpoints to the United States were back.
Aug. 16, 2022
Asylum seekers from as far as China and Africa wait for hours daily at this desolate spot near the Cocopah Indian Reservation and Somerton, Ariz.
May 10, 2023