A heavily armed 18-man Mexican army patrol allegedly crossed into U.S. soil this week and surrounded two Americans exploring ...

Last year, border agents found the bodies of 176 migrants in the 264-mile sector stretching from West Texas across New Mexico. They discovered 149 remains the year before.

The U.S. Army will take control of almost 110,000 acres of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border to support Border Patrol operations.

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A woman died after she was caught on a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a local sheriff's office. On April 11, Cochise County, Arizona, deputies were dispatched to a section of the ...

The U.S. military has created a second military zone along the border with Mexico, adding an area in Texas where troops can temporarily detain migrants or trespassers after another such area was ...

SUNLAND PARK, NM ‒ Border Patrol agent Claudio Herrera steered his green-and-white Suburban up a rocky hillside to an outcropping where migrant smugglers once lurked. It was 6:15 a.m. on a ...

The first US/Mexico border fence was erected in 1911 to control cattle and prevent the spread of tick fever from Mexico into the US . Political concerns also contributed to border fences. As Mexico ...