Intelligence Documents Reveal Mexican Drug Cartels’ Payment to Americans for Smuggling Weapons Across the Border

Watch the CBS Reports documentary “Arming Cartels: Inside the Mexican-American Gunrunning Networks” in the video player above. Mexican drug cartels have been smuggling a vast arsenal of even military-grade weapons out of the U.S. with the help of American citizens, a CBS Reports investigation has found. Exclusively-obtained U.S. intelligence documents and interviews with half a …

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Increase in Crossings at U.S.-Mexico Border as Migrants Brave Scorching Heat and Defy Asylum Restrictions

Yuma, Arizona—According to government statistics obtained by CBS News, there has been a significant increase in the number of migrants crossing the southern border illegally, particularly through the inhospitable Arizona desert. This comes after a two-year low in June. Despite the extreme heat, migrants, including families with young children, are making the dangerous journey in …

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