[Link] Why So Much Fentanyl Is Being Seized at the Border

Read: 1/12/2021 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Fentanyl seizures at the United States-Mexico border more than doubled in 2021 to surpass heroin for the first time ever. But experts say the COVID-19 border shutdown may explain the record numbers because it gave agents more time to inspect fewer vehicles.  U.S.

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[Link] DHS Temporarily Suspends Horse Patrol in Del Rio After ‘Horrific’ Display

Read: 23/9/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Less than a week after videos and images of U.S. border patrol officers on horseback whipping  Haitian migrants at the U.S.

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[Link] Monsoon Rains Just Washed Away Trump's 'Impenetrable' Border Wall

Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com

The damage caused by the recent rains is the latest in a series of incidents that have exposed flaws in the construction of the wall, which cost U.S. taxpayers–not Mexico, as Trump had repeatedly promised–an estimated $15 billion. 

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[Link] While Delta spreads, Republicans deflect and resort to Trump demagoguery

Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

As America reaches the milestone of 70% of adults with at least one dose of a vaccine, the highly contagious Delta variant is surging. Public health officials are trying to keep the focus on the urgent need for more vaccinations.

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[Link] US-Trained Cops in Mexico Killed Migrants, Set Them on Fire, Say Prosecutors

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

New evidence obtained by VICE World News paints a chilling picture of the killing of 19 migrants by pnear the U.S border in January. MEXICO CITY — Two trucks carrying migrants sped through dusty roads a few miles south of the U.S. border as four armored police cars gave chase.

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