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El Paso, Texas, Mar 14 (EFE).- The Rio Grande, deserts of Arizona or the U.S. Border Patrol generally are not the most daunting obstacles to entry into the United States for many Central American emigrants, most of whom have made a perilous journey across the big nation of Mexico. Mexican immigration authorities intercepted and deported 232,000 Central Americans last year, compared with a total of 72,561 people from Central and South America who were caught and sent home during the 2005 fiscal year by the U.S. Border Patrol. Two men who managed to make it all the way from the...

Authorities said two victims were recovering from gunshot wounds after a shooting at an alleged immigrant smuggling house Tuesday morning. The house was allegedly being used in an illegal immigrant smuggling operation. Houston police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials responded to the scene at 9011 Sandpiper in southwest Houston around 9 a.m. after residents reported hearing gunshots in the neighborhood. Two people were wounded, but police aren’t sure who shot them. The victims were transported to Ben Taub and Memorial Herman Hospital. Their conditions aren’t known. Police said a bullet broke through a window at a house across the...