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Heavy spending to catch drug smuggling ultralights


U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is spending big just under $100 million to combat drug smugglers who use small aircraft worth only a few thousand dollars each to ferry narcotics into the U.S. Last week the CBP awarded SRC Tec, a New York-based...

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200 US Marines are patrolling Guatemala coast:

"This is the first Marine deployment that directly supports countering transnational crime in this area, and it's certainly the largest footprint we've had in that area in quite some time," said Marine Staff Sgt. Earnest Barnes at the U.S. Southern Command in Miami. Ref. Source 6

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Mexico Violence: 13 Bodies Found In Vehicles In Northern Mexico:

Police found the mutilated bodies of 13 people inside two vehicles abandoned in separate towns of the northern border state of Tamaulipas, an official said Friday. Ref. Source 4

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Gunmen Kill 6 in Northern Mexico:

Six men were shot dead by armed assailants in two separate attacks in this northern Mexican metropolis, capital of the state of Nuevo Leon. Ref. Source 6

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At least 26 dead in Mexico drug gang violence:

At least 26 people were killed in Mexico in the past 24 hours in apparent drug-related crimes, including six men shot dead whose bodies bear signs of torture, authorities said Saturday. Ref. Source 5

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US commandos boost numbers to train Mexican forces;

The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special operations teams hunt al-Qaida, according to documents and interviews with multiple U.S. Officials. Ref. Source 9

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Sixty-thousand federal workers responsible for securing borders have been told they will face furloughs beginning in mid-April because of forced spending cuts.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it expects the furloughs and other budget actions will increase wait times at ports of entry, including international arrivals at airports and reduce the number of Border Patrol officers on duty at any time. Ref. CNN

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Border bust yields 570 pounds of pot

A 59-year-old man, a U.S. Citizen, was arrested by Border Patrol agents. Ref. Source 7