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Border Inspector Accused of Allowing 3,000 Pounds of Cocaine Into U.S. Over 5 Years

Nov. 9, 2008
The veteran customs inspector, who was recently arrested in Texas, allowed smugglers to drive cars loaded with cocaine through his entry lane, for which he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Terrorism check nets huge Texas drug haul

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Another Nogales drug tunnel found

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic