San Ysidro News

Days before U.S. Border Patrol agents Raul and Fidel Villarreal abruptly quit their San Diego posts in June 2006, the brothers scrambled to get their finances in order.

Mexico's plans to complete its new El Chaparral port of entry south of the San Ysidro border crossing this year is creating a growing level of pressure for U.S. officials.

Pitching in to make the business community stable, thriving, and free of trash and litter will continue to improve sales opportunities in the city's Business Improvement Districts for another fiscal year.

Phoenix resident Alberto Garcia says U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers physically mistreated him four separate times last year while he was returning from Mexico, where he had traveled for family visits and dentist appointments.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested as a suspect in robberies known as the "Starving Bandit" series because of the thief's gaunt appearance.

The American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that border inspectors have used excessive force and performed humiliating body searches on travelers entering the United States from Mexico.

SAN DIEGO - Sixteen members of Congress Thursday called for a complete investigation into the death two years ago of 42-year-old U.S. citizen who died after Border Patrol agents caught him trying to re-enter the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

About 75 tons of trash was removed from area creeks and beaches last Saturday as part of the Creek to Bay Cleanup.