Published 12/15/2023 2:28:39 p.m.

10 IEDs found at US-Mexico border in cartel gunfight

Mexican authorities confiscated ten explosive devices at the border after a gang fight broke out, prompting border agents to increase precautions.
Drug cartels are competing for control of border fence gaps to smuggle migrants into the US, leading to violence and gang wars.
The largest exodus of Mexican families in modern history is occurring due to violence, with 180,000 migrants crossing the border in family groups in the past year.

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Rise in Mexican cartel violence drives record migration to the US

NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) - Her daughter's school shut down, Yomara said, after a shootout between rival gangs competing for control of drug and migrant trafficking routes in their southern Mexican town of Chicomuselo. Then, she said, produce vendors cleared out of the market after they faced demands to affiliate with the gangs; she feared her husband Carlos would be forcibly recruited if he turned up for his job on a construction site. Rea…

12/15/2023 11:10:00 a.m.·Malaysia

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South China Morning Post

Rise in Mexican cartel violence fuels record migration to US

Some 180,000 Mexican migrants crossed the border into the US over the 12 months ending in October, four times more than the previous year.

12/16/2023 1:00:23 a.m.·Hong Kong

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Channel News Asia

Rise in Mexican cartel violence drives record migration to the US

NOGALES, Arizona: Her daughter's school shut down, Yomara said, after a shootout between rival gangs competing for control of drug and migrant trafficking routes in their southern Mexican town of Chicomuselo. Then, she said, produce vendors cleared out of the market after they faced demands to affiliate with the gan

12/15/2023 11:44:36 a.m.·Singapore

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The Straits Times

Rise in Mexican cartel violence drives record migration to the US

NOGALES, Arizona - Her daughter's school shut down, Yomara said, after a shootout between rival gangs competing for control of drug and migrant trafficking routes in their southern Mexican town of Chicomuselo. Then, she said, produce vendors cleared out of the market after they faced demands to affiliate with the gangs; she feared her husband Carlos would be forcibly recruited if he turned up for his job on a construction site. Read more at stra…

12/15/2023 11:07:56 a.m.·Singapore

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The Epoch Times

Agents Put on High Alert After IEDs Found Near US-Mexico Border: Report

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has warned agents in an internal security memo to be on high alert after the Mexican military seized nearly a dozen improvised explosive devices (IED) near the border, according to a report. Mexican authorities found the IEDs after a Tucson border patrol agent reported gunshots near the border, leading to the arrest of an individual on the U.S. side of the border armed with an AK-47, according to Fox News…

12/15/2023 6:59:52 p.m.·New York, United States

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