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An illegal immigrant who rescued a 9-year-old after the boy's mother died in the Arizona desert was honored for his actions Tuesday by U.S. and Mexican officials at a border crossing.
Not That Jesus! God! Oh sorry. A Mexican brick layer found a boy who was stranded in the desert after the van he was in went over a cliff with the boys Mother trapped inside. Jesus Cordova stayed with the boy until a sheriff arrived.
This Envisat image, acquired on 22 October 2007, captures fierce easterly desert winds blowing smoke from wildfires in Southern California. Gale-force winds have fed more than a dozen fires from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border since breaking out on Sunday, killing one person and forcing the evacuation of a quarter of a million people.
IRVINE, Calif. — More than a dozen wildfires, whipped by strong desert winds, raged Monday in a region stretching from north of Los Angeles to the Mexican border. At least one person has been killed and 250,000 people were ordered evacuated from the San Diego area.
Fourteen years ago, a bloody killing spree began in Mexican border city of Juárez. Young, family oriented, bright young women were being attacked, killed and buried in the deserts surrounding the city. Amnesty International states that as of 2006, over 400 bodies have been found.
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