Alex Riggins
Reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego Union-Tribune reporter covering federal courts and law enforcement. Tips: alex.riggins(at)sduniontribune(dot)com.
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1 day ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
Federal prosecutors in San Diego unsealed a first-of-its-kind indictment Tuesday, alleging narco-terrorism charges against suspected drug traffickers linked to the Sinaloa cartel.
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1 day ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
Former San Diego County sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Richard Russell gunned down an unarmed man from behind in May 2020 outside the downtown Central Jail, to the shock of other nearby law enforcement officers, simply because the man was running away, a prosecutor told a federal jury Tuesday. “No other officers on scene thought Nicholas Bils was a threat,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Askins told the jury as trial got underway with opening statements at the downtown San Diego federal court.
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2 days ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
El sábado por la mañana después del Día de Acción de Gracias de 2022, una panga pilotada por dos primos de Baja California volcó al acercarse a la costa de Imperial Beach. Los primos y cinco de los inmigrantes indocumentados que transportaban llegaron sanos y salvos a la playa, pero otros tres se ahogaron. Los primos fueron finalmente condenados a menos de cinco años de prisión federal cada uno por su participación en el fatal accidente. Está previsto que ambos salgan de prisión en 2026.
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4 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Alex Riggins
By Alex Riggins - The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS) SAN DIEGO - On the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving in 2022, a panga piloted by two cousins from Baja California capsized as it approached the shoreline off Imperial Beach. The cousins and five of the undocumented immigrants they were transporting made it safely onto the beach, but three others drowned. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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4 days ago |
thederrick.com | Alex Riggins
SAN DIEGO — On the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving in 2022, a panga piloted by two cousins from Baja California capsized as it approached the shoreline off Imperial Beach. The cousins and five of the undocumented immigrants they were transporting made it safely onto the beach, but three others drowned. The cousins were eventually sentenced to less than five years each in federal custody for their roles in the deadly mishap. Both are scheduled to be released from prison in 2026.
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