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Mexican authorities uncover border tunnel into San Diego County By: North County Times wire services - SAN DIEGO - Mexican authorities have discovered an unfinished cross-border tunnel that extends 31 feet into San Diego County, federal officials announced today. The passageway, discovered yesterday morning, originates in Baja California and is located south of the intersection of Via de la Amistad and Enrico Fermi Drive and about a half-mile east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. So far, U.S. Border Patrol agents have not discovered access to the tunnel on the U.S....

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico- The body of a kidnapped 7-year-old girl has been found in a desert area near this border city, police said. The secretary-general of the state government, Fernando Rodriguez, told reporters late Sunday that the body of Airis Estrella Rodriguez Pando was discovered shortly after midnight Sunday morning at a wood and cardboard shack about 20 miles south of Ciudad Juarez. Juarez is across the border from El Paso, Texas. Her parents had reported her missing on May 2. State officials said evidence indicated the girl had been sexually molested and killed by blows to the head. She...

Tribe to host hearing on border issues If you go What: Congressional hearing When: Monday, 10 a.m. Where: Tohono O'odham tribal offices in Sells How to get there: From Tucson, take Ajo Way to Arizona 86. Travel 60 miles to Sells. Once there, take the business loop and follow the signs to the Tribal Council Chambers. For more information, call the chamber at (520) 383-2028. By Jonathan J. Higuera ARIZONA DAILY STAR The Tohono O'odham Nation will host a hearing Monday at which three U.S. congressmen will hear testimony about the growing problem of drug smugglers and illegal border...

As Texas state inspectors reviewed files Tuesday during a surprise office visit, the operators of AAA-Alamo Adoption Agency denied buying babies or targeting pregnant women in Mexico. "We do not buy babies from anyone. We do not solicit clients from Mexico. We cannot work with clients who are not in this country," said Juanita Gray, an agency worker and daughter of co-owner Eleanor Gray. In their first interview since the Sept. 15 arrest of an agency employee in Laredo on charges of baby-buying and smuggling undocumented immigrants, the Grays and their attorney Dan Bass said they are the victims...

By Tim Steller ARIZONA DAILY STAR EJIDO LOPEZ MATEOS, Sonora - National Park Service Ranger Kris Eggle was rushing toward a gunman hidden in bushes, just north of the Mexican border, when a burst of gunfire from the bushes cut him down, witnesses and officials said. A few minutes later, the gunman moved several yards from his hiding place and was spotted by Mexican officers, who unleashed a barrage of gunfire from the south side of the border, witnesses said. The gunman died right away, and Eggle died soon after, before an emergency helicopter arrived. American officials said Saturday...