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Mexican Convicted of Murdering Border Patrol Agent

SAN DIEGO - Jesus Navarro eluded U.S. authorities even before he became the prime suspect in the 2008 killing of a Border Patrol agent. Their long efforts to get the Mexican man convicted in a U.S. court paid off Tuesday when a federal jury deliberated only two hours to find him guilty of murdering Border Patrol Agent...

Greece Beefing Up Patrols to Stem Immigration From Egypt

ATHENS, Greece -- As the exodus of foreigners and Egyptians continues from Cairo, Greece has beefed up its own border patrols and said today it was considering asking the European Union's force, Frontex, to extend sea patrols to fend off a fresh wave of illegal immigrants hitting Europe. Greece is already grappling...

Federal Agents Misbehavin' in 2010

(Dec. 17) -- Thousands of federal law enforcement agents work their tails off to put crooks behind bars. But on occasion, some of the very same folks who carry a gun and a badge and slap the cuffs on the bad guys end up stepping over the line. Way over the line. AOL News thought it was worth looking back at some of the...

Brian Terry: Key Facts About the Border Patrol Agent Killed in Arizona

(Dec. 15) -- Authorities continue to search today for a fifth suspect in the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was shot during a gun fight late Tuesday night. Terry, 40, and a team of agents were in a remote part of the desert last night trying to track down a group of thieves who were believed to have been...

Authorities Hunt Suspect After Border Patrol Agent Killed

(Dec. 15) -- Authorities in Arizona have four suspects in custody and are hunting for a fifth man after a shootout that killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the town of Nogales. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was fatally shot Tuesday night after he and other agents encountered a group of suspected bandits in a remote...

Background on border patrol

The border guard, frontier guard, border patrol, border police, frontier police, or the sentinel of a country is a national security agency that performs border control, i.e., enforces the security of the country's national borders.

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