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Deadly crossing: Death toll rises among those desperate for the American Dream

allan12 years ago01 mins

By Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville NBC News In the freezer of a small funeral home nearly 13 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, 22 bodies are stacked on plywood shelves, one on top of the other. The bodies wrapped in white sheets have names, families and official countries of origin — Honduras, El Salvador,…

Mexican Drug Smugglers Use Catapult to Fling Pot into U.S.

allan14 years ago14 years ago01 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Smugglers never seem to run out of ways to get drugs into the U.S. The latest: U.S. authorities tipped off Mexicans officials that some smugglers were using a catapult to launch marijuana packages from Mexico into the U.S. The Associated Press reported that National Guard troops in Arizona spotted the catapult…