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Border Patrol Agent Adrian Corona looks over to Mexico from ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:21:24 GMT

(Reuters) - Border Patrol Agent Adrian Corona looks over to Mexico from the US side of the international border near Calexico, California, adjacent to the Mexican border town of Mexicali, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

The Mexican border town of Mexicali is seen through the US-Mexico ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:02:13 GMT

(Reuters) - The Mexican border town of Mexicali is seen through the US-Mexico international border fence in Calexico, California, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

A man walks past an immigration services store in Calexico, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:45:59 GMT

(Reuters) - A man walks past an immigration services store in Calexico, California, adjacent to the Mexican border town of Mexicali, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

A man walks past a store with grocery signs in Spanish in Calexico, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:43:52 GMT

(Reuters) - A man walks past a store with grocery signs in Spanish in Calexico, California, adjacent to the Mexican border town of Mexicali, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

A sign is posted in the desert on the US side of the international ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:36:13 GMT

(Reuters) - A sign is posted in the desert on the US side of the international border near Calexico, California, adjacent to the Mexican border town of Mexicali, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Border Patrol Agent Adrian Corona surveys detection towers on ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:36:10 GMT

(Reuters) - Border Patrol Agent Adrian Corona surveys detection towers on the US side of the international border near Calexico, California, adjacent to the Mexican border town of Mexicali, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

Border Patrol Agent Adrian Corona looks over to Mexico from ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:34:02 GMT

A sign is posted in the desert on the US side of the international ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:31:55 GMT

Police officers patrol the San Rafael cemetery during the Day ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:49:39 GMT

(Reuters) - Police officers patrol the San Rafael cemetery during the Day of the Dead in the border city of Ciudad Juarez November 2, 2009. Black-clad mothers and orphaned children laid plastic flowers at the desert graves of drug war victims on Monday as Mexicans in one of the world's most violent cities celebrated the Day of the Dead. Some families in Ciudad Juarez's main cemetery near the U.S. border blasted brassy Norteno music out of their car stereos over the graves of loved ones, victims of a drug war that has killed more than 2,000 people in the city this year. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO SOCIETY OBITUARY)

Relatives of policeman Luis Raul Saenz, killed in June, mourn ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:46:21 GMT

(Reuters) - Relatives of policeman Luis Raul Saenz, killed in June, mourn at his grave at the San Rafael cemetery in the border city of Ciudad Juarez November 2, 2009. Black-clad mothers and orphaned children laid plastic flowers at the desert graves of drug war victims on Monday as Mexicans in one of the world's most violent cities celebrated the Day of the Dead. Some families in Ciudad Juarez's main cemetery near the U.S. border blasted brassy Norteno music out of their car stereos over the graves of loved ones, victims of a drug war that has killed more than 2,000 people in the city this year. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO SOCIETY OBITUARY)

The mother of policeman Luis Raul Saenz, killed in June, mourns ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:44:02 GMT

(Reuters) - The mother of policeman Luis Raul Saenz, killed in June, mourns at his grave at the San Rafael cemetery in the border city of Ciudad Juarez November 2, 2009. Black-clad mothers and orphaned children laid plastic flowers at the desert graves of drug war victims on Monday as Mexicans in one of the world's most violent cities celebrated the Day of the Dead. Some families in Ciudad Juarez's main cemetery near the U.S. border blasted brassy Norteno music out of their car stereos over the graves of loved ones, victims of a drug war that has killed more than 2,000 people in the city this year. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO SOCIETY OBITUARY)

A cameraman takes a video inside a tunnel used by drug traffickers, ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:39:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - A cameraman takes a video inside a tunnel used by drug traffickers, at the Mesa de Otay zone in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border with the US, in October 2009. Mexico has extradited a record 100 alleged murderers, sex and drug offenders to face trial in the United States this year, the US Department of Justice said Sunday.(AFP/File/Daniel Conejo)

Volunteers from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hang crosses ...

(AP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:56:08 GMT

(AP) - Volunteers from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hang crosses on the US-Mexico border fence as part of Day of the Dead commemorations in memory of migrants who have died trying to cross the border in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hung 5,100 wooden crosses in honor of 5,100 migrants who have died crossing to the US since 1995, according to their statistics. Day of the Dead is celebrated on Nov. 2, with celebrations beginning late Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Leticia Jimenez hangs crosses on the U.S.-Mexico border wall ...

(AP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:45:36 GMT

(AP) - Leticia Jimenez hangs crosses on the U.S.-Mexico border wall as part of Day of the Dead celebrations in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Volunteers from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hung 5,100 wooden crosses in honor of 5,100 migrants who have died crossing to the US since 1995, according to their statistics. Day of the Dead is celebrated on Nov. 2, with celebrations beginning late Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Volunteers from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hang crosses ...

(AP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:39:48 GMT

A marigold hangs on crosses hung at the U.S.-Mexico border wall ...

(AP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:38:51 GMT

(AP) - A marigold hangs on crosses hung at the U.S.-Mexico border wall as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Tijuana, in Mexico, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Volunteers from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hung 5,100 wooden crosses in honor of 5,100 migrants who have died crossing to the US since 1995, according to their statistics. Day of the Dead is celebrated on Nov. 2, with celebrations beginning late Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A volunteer from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hang crosses ...

(AP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:36:06 GMT

(AP) - A volunteer from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hang crosses on the US-Mexico border fence as part of Day of the Dead commemorations in memory of migrants who have died trying to cross the border in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hung 5,100 wooden crosses in honor of 5,100 migrants who have died crossing to the US since 1995, according to their statistics. Day of the Dead is celebrated on Nov. 2, with celebrations beginning late Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Sgt. David Cray stands in a wash used by drug smugglers Tuesday, ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:44 GMT

(AP) - Sgt. David Cray stands in a wash used by drug smugglers Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 along the Mexican/United States international border on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Community near Sells, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

This Dec., 1, 2008 photo provided by the Arizona Attorney General's ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:35 GMT

(AP) - This Dec., 1, 2008 photo provided by the Arizona Attorney General's office shows seized marijuana. With gadgetry such as custom-built ramps as well as ultralight planes, false doors and good old-fashioned duct tape, smugglers have demonstrated unbounded creativity when it comes to sneaking drugs across the Mexican border. And the U.S. government acknowledges there is only so much it can do to stop the flow. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Sgt. David Cray walks thru a border gate Tuesday, Sept. 29, ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:26 GMT

(AP) - Sgt. David Cray walks thru a border gate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 along the Mexican/United States international border on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Community near Sells, Ariz. The gate, located in the southwestern area of the reservation, is an entry point frequently used by drug smugglers. With gadgetry such as custom-built ramps as well as ultralight planes, false doors and good old-fashioned duct tape, smugglers have demonstrated unbounded creativity when it comes to sneaking drugs across the Mexican border. And the U.S. government acknowledges there is only so much it can do to stop the flow. (AP Photo/Matt York)

The international border, shown Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, cuts ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:23 GMT

(AP) - The international border, shown Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, cuts through the Tohono O'Odham Indian Community near Sells, Ariz. Drug smugglers from Mexico, left, frequently use this corridor to bring illegal drugs into the United States, right. The government has spent $2.4 billion to build more than 600 miles of border fences since fiscal 2005, increased the ranks of the Border Patrol from 12,000 agents in 2006 to 20,000, and funded U.S. Customs and Border Protection with $8.1 billion in 2008.(AP Photo/Matt York)

This Dec., 1, 2008 photo provided by the Arizona Attorney General's ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:07 GMT

(AP) - This Dec., 1, 2008 photo provided by the Arizona Attorney General's office shows a horse trailer loaded with marijuana . With gadgetry such as custom-built ramps as well as ultralight planes, false doors and good old-fashioned duct tape, smugglers have demonstrated unbounded creativity when it comes to sneaking drugs across the Mexican border. And the U.S. government acknowledges there is only so much it can do to stop the flow..(AP Photo/Matt York)

This undated image provided by the Arizona Attorney General's ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:27:50 GMT

(AP) - This undated image provided by the Arizona Attorney General's office shows a seized custom built truck ramp used for illegally crossing the border between the United States and Mexico. With gadgetry such as custom-built ramps as well as ultralight planes, false doors and good old-fashioned duct tape, smugglers have demonstrated unbounded creativity when it comes to sneaking drugs across the Mexican border. And the U.S. government acknowledges there is only so much it can do to stop the flow. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Sgt. David Cray points out drug smuggling paths Tuesday, Sept. ...

(AP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:27:40 GMT

(AP) - Sgt. David Cray points out drug smuggling paths Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 along the Mexican/United States international border on the Tohono O'Odham Indian Community near Sells, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

A cameraman takes footage inside a tunnel near the US-Mexico ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:53:48 GMT

(AP) - A cameraman takes footage inside a tunnel near the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Mexican soldiers have discovered a secret tunnel complete with electricity and an air supply that may have been planned for smuggling migrants or drugs under the U.S. border into San Diego (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Members of the media stand outside a tunnel near the US-Mexico ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:53:09 GMT

(AP) - Members of the media stand outside a tunnel near the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, in Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Mexican soldiers have discovered a secret tunnel complete with electricity and an air supply that may have been planned for smuggling migrants or drugs under the U.S. border into San Diego (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. Military and forensic experts ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:18:31 GMT

(Reuters) - REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. Military and forensic experts inspect the body of a man who was killed outside a nightclub in the border city of Ciudad Juarez August 31, 2009. The man was handcuffed to a fence and shot several times by drug hitmen outside a nightclub, according to local media. The assailants also left a warning message, known as "narco mensaje", at the site of the shooting. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO)

File picture shows a US agent guarding a drug tunnel along the ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:04:35 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - File picture shows a US agent guarding a drug tunnel along the Mexican-US border. Mexico has welcomed a massive US operation targeting Mexican drug gangs that included the arrest of 303 people and the seizure of tonnes of narcotics over two days of raids(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)

The body of a man hangs from a bridge in Tijuana, near the Mexican ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:04:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - The body of a man hangs from a bridge in Tijuana, near the Mexican border with the US. Mexico has welcomed a massive US operation targeting Mexican drug gangs that included the arrest of 303 people and the seizure of tonnes of narcotics over two days of raids(AFP/File/Said Betanzos)

The body of a man hangs from a bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, near ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:42:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - The body of a man hangs from a bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border with the US. Mexico has welcomed a massive US operation targeting Mexican drug gangs that included the arrest of 303 people and the seizure of tonnes of narcotics over two days of raids(AFP/File/Said Betanzos)

File picture shows a US agent guarding a drug tunnel along the ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:28:36 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - File picture shows a US agent guarding a drug tunnel along the Mexican-US border. In the largest ever crackdown on a Mexican drug cartel in the United States, law enforcement agencies said they had arrested 303 people and seized tonnes of narcotics over the past two days.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)

A US agent stands guard in a drug tunnel in 2006 along the Mexican-US ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:15:08 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A US agent stands guard in a drug tunnel in 2006 along the Mexican-US border in Otay Mesa, California. US law enforcement officials said Thursday they had arrested more than 300 members of a powerful Mexican drug cartel and seized tonnes of drugs in the largest ever crackdown of its kind.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)

A US Border Patrol vehicle is driven along the US-Mexico border ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:15:08 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A US Border Patrol vehicle is driven along the US-Mexico border fence near the rural town of Campo, some 60 miles east of San Diego, California, in July 2009. US law enforcement officials said Thursday they had arrested more than 300 members of a powerful Mexican drug cartel and seized tonnes of drugs in the largest ever crackdown of its kind.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)

This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, October 21, 2009 ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:46:18 GMT

(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 1:45 PM EDT shows widespread clouds covering the Central US. An energetic low pressure system in northern New Mexico kicks up areas of light rain and snow in New Mexico. Strong flow associated with this system whips over Colorado, producing a swath of light to moderate mixed precipitation in eastern Colorado. Heavy snowfall blankets the Sangre De Cristo Mountains and the southern I-25 corridor from south of Colorado City to the the New Mexico Border. Gusty, northeast wind accompanies heavy snowfall, causing poor visibilities with blowing and drifting snow. As the aforementioned system treks toward southwestern Kansas during the afternoon, light to moderate widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms develop in the western region of North Texas and throughout western and central Oklahoma. Persistent rainfall places these areas at risk for localized flooding. Meanwhile, an associated front stretches from Kansas through northern Michigan kicks up rain and a few embedded thunderstorms in the Central Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, and the Upper Great Lakes. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)

An army soldier and forensic experts stand by the body of a ...

(AP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:21:37 GMT

(AP) - An army soldier and forensic experts stand by the body of a man who was gunned down in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Juarez is about to reach the mark of 2000 murders since the year began, according to Mexico's regional district attorney office. (AP Photo)

A woman reacts as she looks at the covered bodies of two dead ...

(AP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:19:14 GMT

(AP) - A woman reacts as she looks at the covered bodies of two dead men in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Unknown gunmen opened fire killing three men and seriously injuring one in Juarez, a city that is about to reach the mark of 2000 murders since the year began, according to Mexico's regional district attorney office. (AP Photo)

A member of the Mexican Navy stands guard as 823,925 Kgs of ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:20:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - A member of the Mexican Navy stands guard as 823,925 Kgs of seized cocaine are prepared to be incinerated in June 2009, at the naval base in Yucalpeten, Yucatan, Mexico. Cocaine use doubled in Mexico in the six years to 2008, the health minister said Friday, arguing that tougher border controls on smuggling has pushed more of the drug into the domestic market.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)

A Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile is seen during ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:29:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile is seen during a test. The US Air Force said on Thursday the commander of a nuclear wing had been sacked after his unit failed a safety inspection, trucks carrying missile parts crashed and officers under him fell asleep with launch codes in hand.(AFP/File/Mike Nelson)

FILE - In this July 31, 2008 file photo provided by the U.S. ...

(AP) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:01:58 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this July 31, 2008 file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a truck carrying a rocket booster for an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is shown overturned near Makoti, N.D. The military says the missile wing commander at North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base has been relieved of his command. The Air Force says it lost confidence in Col. Christopher Ayres' ability to command the base's 91st Missile Wing after recent incidents, including this summer's rollover of a semitrailer carrying missile parts. It was the second crash of a base vehicle carrying missile materials in just more than a year. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, File)

Hummingbirds feed near the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, ...

(AP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:42:42 GMT

(AP) - Hummingbirds feed near the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Police patrol along the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:22:02 GMT

(AP) - Police patrol along the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, late Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Police search for smugglers and drug addicts as they patrol ...

(AP) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:13:11 GMT

(AP) - Police search for smugglers and drug addicts as they patrol along US Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, late Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

A boy lies dead after being shot by drug hitmen outside a supermarket ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:49:06 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy lies dead after being shot by drug hitmen outside a supermarket in the border city of Ciudad Juarez October 6, 2009. Mexico's violent drug gangs are fighting over home-grown addicts in the dingy back streets of northern border cities, creating new turf wars that will further stretch the country's security forces. Picture taken October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO CONFLICT CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)