Topic: National Border Patrol Council
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Slain border patrol agent worked a well-worn drug-smuggling corridor (+video)
Authorities remain mum on the investigation into the shooting death Tuesday of US border patrol agent Nicholas Ivie. He and two other agents had responded to a tripped sensor in a known drug-running corridor in Arizona.
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US Border Patrol agents targeted in Arizona (+video)
Two Border Patrol agents were shot on Tuesday at a station in Naco, Arizona. One of the agents was killed and the other injured. Officials say the crime scene investigation could take several days.
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Border Patrol agent shot and killed while on duty in Arizona
A US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed and another wounded while the pair were on horseback patrol near the US-Mexico border in southern Arizona early Tuesday morning.
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At US border, era of fence-building, manpower 'surge' at an end
A strategy shift is under way at the US border patrol, with intelligence and risk to national security taking priority over adding more fences and additional manpower. Why the change?
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Arizona march puts spotlight on shootings by border patrol
The march in Douglas, Ariz., aims to draw attention to a teen who was shot by a border patrol agent while trying to climb the international fence. The agent was being pelted by rocks.
04/01/2011 07:39 pm -
US cancels 'virtual fence' along Mexican border. What's Plan B?
After $1 billion spent, the US has 53 miles of 'virtual fence' in Arizona. The high-tech project is too costly to extend along the whole US-Mexico border, the Homeland Security chief said Friday.
01/15/2011 12:34 pm -
Border patrol agent killed: Are smugglers becoming more daring?
Border patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed in a gun battle Tuesday night. It could be a sign that smugglers are becoming more willing 'to just to shoot it out with agents.'
12/15/2010 09:26 pm -
House approves $600 million for border: How will it be spent?
About half the money in the House plan goes toward 1,500 new border personnel. Not in the plan: money for any border fences. President Obama could sign a version of the bill in September.
08/10/2010 09:19 pm -
Janet Napolitano halts funding for virtual border fence
The virtual border fence was supposed to revolutionize US-Mexico border security. But delays and glitches led Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to freeze its funding Wednesday.
03/17/2010 06:07 pm -
Reboot for "virtual" border fence
After years of snags, work on the electronic surveillance system along the US-Mexico border restarted this week.
05/15/2009 01:00 am -
Arizona's 'virtual' border wall gets a reality check
The viability of a high-tech barrier to detect illegal border crossers remains uncertain, after a pilot project struggles.
04/02/2008 01:00 am
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