NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
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Foreign News Report
The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican and Central and South American on-line media sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you credit NAFBPO as being the provider.
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PROPOSAL FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND REFORM
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La Prensa (Honduras) 1/3/2011
Paraguay Announces Main Prison Closure
(Assumption, Paraguay) The Paraguayan government has announced it is closing the overcrowded prison at Tacumbú and will transfer the 3, 000 inmates to another prison. President Fernando Lugo has pledged to reform the prison system which will require $20-25 million. Tacumbú Prison is located in a populous neighborhood, and was built for 1, 000 prisoners but now holds 3, 000.
http://tinyurl.com/23r9v52
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El Imparcial (Mexico) 1/3/2011
Marijuana Found Between Tomatoes
(Nogales, Sonora) A shipment of more than 2 tons of marijuana was the last recorded seizure at the Nogales Port of Entry (into the U.S.), and was discovered among a shipment of tomatoes. Per the (U.S.)
Customs & Border Protection, unusual images were detected on X-ray and as they climbed pallets to check, the canine alerted to the drugs. (Estimated value $4.2 million; both drugs & tractor trailer were
seized)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/03012011/
487779.aspx
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La Cronica de Hoy (Mexico) 1/3/2011
Narco Tunnel Found near Nogales Border
Mexican Army personnel located a tunnel at an abandoned house along the border. The tunnel did not extend into the U.S. The tunnel was 60 by 45 inches in diameter, 1.5 meters deep and 30 meters long. No drugs or weapons were found.
http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=552768
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Frontera (Mexico) 1/3/2011
Bus Bomb Leaves Five Dead in Guatemala
(Guatemala, Guatemala) At least five people were burned to death Guatemala and more than a dozen suffered severe burns, including a child. Gangs target buses for extortion, making drivers pay a ‘road
tax’ in exchange for not attacking.
http://tinyurl.com/33zecq3
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Violence continues:
- Decapitated male head only, and a female body with a narco message- Tijuana
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/lt_drug_war_mexico
- Explosions & shooting in Monterrey Monday afternoon
- Public safety deputy director assassinated in front of wife & child
Monday-Sonora
Domestic News – United States
Mexico drug war a nightmare scenario
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/03/frum.mexico.risk/
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FM 755 Exodus-Texas-family being forced to move due to cartel danger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP0xXcAUISU
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Mexico cites breakdown in La Familia cartel
http://tinyurl.com/28agkwn
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Report: Many Americans still re-entering U.S. without proper documentation
http://tinyurl.com/29qqrf6
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Want a false Social Security card? There’s a blog for that
http://tinyurl.com/2678cvd
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Border Patrol agents find marijuana in Hidalgo sewer-Texas
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=562306
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‘Trusted traveler’ plan eliminates US boundary with Mexico and Canada, too
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=247113
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Greece to Build Wall along Turkish Border
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=201833
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