Fernie Ortiz

6 days ago | borderreport.com | Fernie Ortiz

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico held its first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, stirring controversy and sowing confusion among voters still struggling to understand a process set to transform the country's court system. The election appeared to get off to a slow start. Some voting centers in Mexico City, the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and the southern state of Chiapas opened with no one or only a handful of people waiting to vote.

1 week ago | borderreport.com | Fernie Ortiz

A claim by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that an immigrant threatened the life of President Donald Trump has begun to unravel. Noem announced an arrest of a 54-year-old man who was living in the U.S. illegally, saying he had written a letter threatening to kill Trump and would then return to Mexico. The story received a flood of media attention and was highlighted by the White House and Trump's allies.

2 weeks ago | borderreport.com | Fernie Ortiz

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) - Smugglers got a little creative when they hid migrants inside giant bales of hay, but it was wasn't enough to thwart authorities. The discovery happened on Interstate 10 some 275 miles north of the border in the Texas town of Flatonia. The sheriff of Fayette County told Nexstar's KWKT that one of his deputies stopped a pickup pulling a loaded hay trailer on about 90 miles east of San Antonio.

2 weeks ago | myhighplains.com | Fernie Ortiz

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2 weeks ago | newsnationnow.com | Fernie Ortiz

Woman, 39, becomes first Mexican national indicted on charges of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organizationEL PASO, Texas (Border Report) - She's accused of providing grenades for the Jalisco cartel and engaging in a lengthy list of crimes on their behalf, including migrant smuggling and firearms trafficking.