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Tucson Border Patrol Weekend Seizures Net $3.6 Million in Marijuana

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 4,500 pounds of marijuana

(TUCSON, Ariz.) - In six unrelated incidents this weekend, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 4,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of more than $3.6 million.

This truck, which smugglers attempted to camouflage, was discovered by agents as part of a weekend full of major seizures.

Sonoita checkpoint Marijuana busts

(Tucson, Ariz) - Tuesday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 83 Checkpoint located near Sonoita, Ariz., seized almost 600 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of more than $475,000.

In two separate incidents, Agents working the Highway 83 Checkpoint prevented illicit smuggling attempts. While agents were conducting patrol, they encountered a vehicle and upon further inspection discovered bundles of dope in the backseat. The total weight of the marijuana was more than 240 pounds. The contraband was seized and held for processing.

Two tons of Marijuana seized in 24 hours by Arizona Border Patrol

(Tucson, Ariz) - In two separate incidents in the past 24 hours, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ajo, Ariz. station seized marijuana with a combined weight of approximately 4,000 pounds and an estimated value exceeding $3.1 million.

Border Patrol agents in Ajo, Ariz. found more than a ton of marijuana being transported into the U.S. via these backpacks.

U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona Seize More Than $1 Million in Drugs

The cocaine weighs 27 pounds and has an estimated street valued of $889,000.

(Yuma, Ariz.) - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma Sector seized more than $1 million of marijuana and cocaine, and arrested three drug smugglers in two separate incidents this week.

Blythe Station Border Patrol agents seized 27 pounds of cocaine in a wheel well at the Highway 95 checkpoint south of Quartzsite, Ariz. on Tuesday.

U.S. Border Patrol arrest Man wanted in connection with a 2004 Portland, Oregon Homicide

Portland Police Detectives are in Yuma, Arizona assisted by the Yuma City Police Homicide Detectives.

(YUMA, Ariz.) - On Thursday, June 24, 2004, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Portland Police Officers were called to the 300 block of Southeast 126th Avenue to check the welfare of the resident at that location.

Upon arrival, police and medical personnel found an unconscious female inside. Medical personnel pronounced the female, later identified as, 31 year-old Leticia Bracamontes, dead at the scene. The Multnomah County Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy and determined the victim died as a result of multiple stab wounds.

The Phoenix Lights Phenomenon- in Yuma?

Were lights witnessed outside Yuma, Arizona also from the UFO sighted over Phoenix?

(YUMA, Ariz.) - An award winning documentary, 'Phoenix Lights' examines the mid to late 1990's sightings of mysterious lights that thousands of witnesses reported passing over Phoenix, Arizona.

I believe that whatever caused these odd inexplicable lights to exist, also traveled farther west, where I saw them not once, but twice.

The Border of Death

The summer of 2010 has been a deadly one for migrants.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Despite periodic campaigns to warn would-be border crossers of the dangers of jumping the US-Mexico line without papers, the people keep coming from the south. And instead of a better life in the Promised Land, many encounter horrible deaths.

US and international media reported this week that 170 people have been recovered from the scorching desert lands of Pima County, Arizona, this year. The bodies have been so numerous that forensic authorities have resorted to using refrigerated trucks to store the human remains.

Immigration News SB 1070 Lite?

Police are citing Hispanic drivers for driving 4 MPH over the speed limit and hitting them up for citizenship.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Last week’s ruling by federal Judge Susan Bolton that suspended four central provisions of Arizona SB 1070 might bring some modicum of relief to people confronted with the possibility of being stopped by local police and asked for their citizenship papers.

However it left intact other sections of the law that immigrant advocates want tossed out, including criminalizing the transportation of undocumented persons and making it a crime to block traffic while soliciting work.

Arizona Citizens Mobilize in Demonstration Over Perceived `Hate Law`

As if Arizona isn't already hot enough.

(PHOENIX / SALEM ) - Crowds gathered by the hundreds yesterday in this desert city; many were taken into custody and the police and deputies had their hands full to say the least.

Jailers in Phoenix, Arizona had to call for backup in the afternoon as angry demonstrators beat on a metal door at a downtown jail. 32 people were arrested at that site alone, among protests taking place all over Phoenix.

John McCain: A Closer Look at Evil (Part 2)

McCain's future is uncertain, but the consistency of his behavior ensures his eventual exposure.

(TEMPE, Az.) - The political genealogy of Arizona Senator John McCain is firmly rooted in organized crime. Gus Greenbaum, an influential mobster, was close to Meyer Lansky in New York before going to work for the Chicago Outfit. In 1928, Greenbaum moved to Phoenix.

In 1941, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel became enamored with Nevada as a center for gambling and prostitution. With Lansky’s help, syndicate operatives advanced funds to build the Flamingo, a gambling resort named after Virginia Hill, a nightclub dancer, mob courier and Siegel’s lover.