MEXICO CITY - Mexico warned Thursday that the U.S. proposal to build miles of border fence will damage relations between the two countries. The Foreign Relations Department said it was "deeply worried" about the proposal, which is working its way through the Senate, adding it will "increase tension in border communities."

TUCSON -- Motorcycles, all terrain vehicles and other equipment has been presented to Mexican authorities by the U.S. Border Patrol.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's army has uncovered a 755-foot (230-meter) tunnel running under the Sonora-Arizona border that was used to smuggle drugs into the United States.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, MX - More than 130 inmates escaped from a prison in northern Mexico through a tunnel on Monday, setting off a search by police and soldiers in an area close to the U.S. border.

TUCSON - A southern Arizona sheriff's department has created a border crime unit in response to escalating smuggling-related violence in what authorities are calling "a war zone," officials said Monday.

Gov. Janet Napolitano is going to seek federal disaster relief to help pay for more law enforcement along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Gov. Janet Napolitano is going to seek federal disaster relief to help pay for more law enforcement along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Gov. Janet Napolitano is going to seek federal disaster relief to help pay for more law enforcement along the Arizona-Mexico border.

PEORIA -- Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said the United States has to bolster ties with Mexico -- including recognizing the benefits of migrant labor -- or get used to the idea of China setting the international agenda on its own terms.

A new report Thursday says the United States is no longer the beacon for illegal immigration that it was when the economy here was expanding rapidly.

PUERTO PENASCO, MEXICO - Governors from both sides of the border lashed out at the U.S. government Friday for not doing more to facilitate the flow of people and goods from Mexico into the United States.

WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration.

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Four drug smuggling tunnels equipped with lighting and ventilation — including one with a railcar system — have been discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in less than a week, the latest signs that cartels are building sophisticated passages to escape heightened detection above ground.

TUCSON — The U.S. government has halted flights home for Mexicans caught entering the country illegally in the deadly summer heat of Arizona's deserts, a money-saving move that ends a seven-year experiment that cost taxpayers nearly $100 million.

EL PASO, Texas — The first National Guard troops headed to the Mexican border are expected to be in place in Texas and New Mexico by mid-August, and more than 1,000 troops are on track to be along the border in those two states plus California and Arizona by the end of September, military officials said Thursday.

On 9/11 at about 3 a.m., I ended my all-night tour of the Arizona-Mexico border. With a retired border patrol agent, I had spent the previous evening driving from Sierra Vista along the San Pedro River to the Naco Border Patrol Station.

PHOENIX – An elite team of Arizona Department of Public Safety officers made over 100 arrests last year of those smuggling drugs, people and currency or committing other major crimes, an official said Wednesday to a legislative panel on border issues.

TUCSON - Because of a continuing software glitch, the first high-tech “virtual fence” at the nation’s borders remains unused, three months after its scheduled debut.

Arizona: Mexico’s firearm superstore

SAN DIEGO - With more than 1 million Mexicans expected to travel from the United States to their hometowns over the holidays, volunteer observers from Mexico’s annual Paisano Program have gone on duty along the border to guide migrants through customs and any other hassles.

Three months after placing second in Mexico’s toprated reality show, "La Academia," Yuridia Gaxiola is coming home. The former Mesa resident (and fellow cast members) will take center stage Friday at America West Arena.

Three months after placing second in Mexico’s toprated reality show, "La Academia," Yuridia Gaxiola is coming home. The former Mesa resident (and fellow cast members) will take center stage Friday at America West Arena.