Category: California-Mexico border

American Who Was Kidnapped in Mexico Found Alive After Going Missing for 8 Months

July 17, 2023
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According to FBI authorities, an American kidnapped in Mexico has been found alive after missing for 8 months and is now safely back home. Monica De Leon Barba, a U.S. citizen, was reported missing on Nov. 29, 2022, and was taken in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, as she walked home from work with her dog. “The…

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American Who Was Kidnapped in Mexico Found Alive After Being Missing for 8 Months

July 17, 2023
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According to FBI authorities, an American kidnapped in Mexico has been found alive after being missing for eight months and is now safely back home. Monica De Leon Barba, a U.S. citizen, was reported missing on Nov. 29, 2022, and was taken in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, as she walked home from work with her dog….

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FBI Releases Video of Missing Californian Woman Being Abducted in Mexico

April 18, 2023
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The FBI has released new details in a California woman missing person’s case, along with surveillance videos of the moments leading up to her abduction in Jalisco, Mexico. Monica de Leon Barba, a U.S. citizen from the Bay Area, has been reported missing since Nov. 29, 2022, according to FBI documents. Barba was last seen…

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Man, 70, Pleads Guilty to US-Mexico Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

March 8, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A 70-year-old man who prosecutors say ran a Mexican drug trafficking organization that moved “substantial quantities” of cocaine into the United States over the course of several decades pleaded guilty March 8 in San Diego federal court. Raul Flores-Hernandez, of Guadalajara, Mexico, ran the Jalisco-based trafficking organization from sometime in the 1980s until 2017,…

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Illegal Immigration Overwhelming Already Fragile California: Former Mayor

January 10, 2023
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Illegal immigration is overloading already fragile systems in California—including that of healthcare, housing, and education—and is depressing wages, KRLA radio co-host Jim Righeimer of “The Weekend Answer” said on a recent episode of EpochTV’s California Insider. Righeimer, who served on the Costa Mesa City Council in 2010 for eight years, including as the city’s mayor…

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