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Customs officials have arrested a man who confessed to shooting across the river at CBP Border Patrol agents near Rio Bravo in December. In January, Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar visited Laredo after sector agents were fired upon three times within a span of two days. Prior to that, the Dec. 28 incident was the last time agents were shot at near the river. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, Timoteo Macias Tejeda told officers that he fired a .22-caliber rifle from the Mexican side of the river in the direction of Border Patrol agents to scare...

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government is satisfied with the United States' promise to conduct a thorough investigation of the events surrounding the shooting death of a Mexican migrant allegedly by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, President Vicente Fox's spokesman said Friday. "Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with the Mexican foreign secretary to guarantee that there will be an independent investigation and that they will take the appropriate actions," Ruben Aguilar said. "This seems to us to be an adequate attitude." On Thursday, Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said that he and Interior Secretary Carlos Abascal had...

MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Mexico demanded a U.S. investigation on Monday into the death of an undocumented Mexican shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as he tried to cross into California last week. Raul Martinez, a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol in San Diego, confirmed that an agent had fired on a man on Friday as he tried to cross the border near San Diego, after the would-be immigrant had thrown rocks at him. The unidentified man crossed back into Mexico, where he later died of his injuries in a hospital. "The Mexican government is demanding...

Israel will turn over to the United Nations a captured Syrian and the body of another, the United Nations said Thursday. This announcement came a day after Israel said the two infiltrated the northern border and opened fire on Israeli soldiers. One of the two was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers and the other was captured and taken for questioning by Israel's Shin Bet security service. A statement released by a UN force that oversees the disengagement agreement between the two states said, according to AP, the Israelis would likely turn both over to international troops...

ON THE BORDER – SPECIAL REPORT – 8.14.02 – Open Letter from a Border Patrol Agent who has something important to say. 8/14/2002 6:25:23 AM MST By The DomeLocation: ON THE BORDER – UNDER THE DOME The death of a Park Ranger on Arizona’s border with Mexico prompts an agent of the Border Patrol to share openly his experiences related to the killing. If you care about the good guys – read this. "There are roughly 9,000 Border Patrol Agents trying to protect our borders from the illegal entry of aliens, terrorists, and drugs. We have a very small voice in...