Calexico News

El Centro Sector Border Patrol enforcement operations have led to the recent arrests, convictions, and successful sentencing of 18 illegal immigrants, all of which had prior convictions for other crimes.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry discovered 23 pounds of heroin and methamphetamine concealed inside the muffler of a vehicle.

Litigation pitting the Calexico Unified School District versus one of its school board trustees bears remarkable resemblance to a political controversy playing out in Salinas between the city council and one of its council members.

John Convertino and Joey Burns grew up on opposite sides of the country, but settled together in the middle of the Southwest.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico station apprehended a member of the "9th Street Gang" yesterday evening during patrol operations.

This March 2013 image provided by the U.S. attorney's Office shows Totoaba bladders displayed at a U.S. border crossing in downtown Calexico, Mexico.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Calexico downtown port of entry over the weekend arrested a Mexican citizen after discovering approximately $384,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden in the vehicle she was driving.

The Newport Folk Festival moves west for the first time with the multi-act Way Over Yonder Oct. 5-6 at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif.

The Colorado River Citizens Forum will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. Arizona time on Wednesday at the Women's Improvement Club of Calexico, 320 Heber Ave., in Calexico, Calif.

On May 25, Daniel Valenzuela Rodriguez, 24, was apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Calexico, Calif., as he attempted to cross the border into Mexico.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the California border with Mexico apprehended 28 wanted fugitives this past weekend, including three wanted for homicide.

A murder charge was filed today against a Thermal man suspected in the beating death of a 2-year-old boy.

On Saturday, Daniel Valenzuela Rodriguez, 24, applied for entry at the Calexico port of entry as a passenger in a vehicle.

A lawsuit pitting the City of Salinas against City Councilman and Alisal School Board trustee Jose Castaneda appears all but certain to be decided by a judge.

A Mexican citizen suspected of killing a 19-year-old woman two years ago and leaving her body in a Coachella cornfield pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge and had his bail revoked.

Friday, Imperial County Sheriff's Investigators and Imperial County Narcotic Task Force Agents assisted members of the Imperial Valley Street Interdiction Team with the service of a narcotic search warrant at a residence on the 600 block of Olive Avenue in Holtville, California.

A Thermal man suspected in the beating death of a 2-year-old boy was found near the border in Calexico early today and arrested, a sheriff's spokesman said.

Former Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers captured or killed in connection with a once-powerful Tijuana-based cartel depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Traffic," pleaded guilty to U.S. drug charges on Friday.

A Mexican citizen suspected of killing a 19-year-old Indio woman two years ago and leaving her body in a Coachella corn field was behind bars today.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have installed six new kiosks to read border crossing documents and are now operating a pedestrian Ready Lane at the Calexico downtown port of entry.