Canseco detained at San Diego border crossing

Oct. 10, 2008

Jose Canseco was held for nearly 10 hours by immigration authorities after agents said they stopped the former baseball star with a fertility drug as he returned from Mexico, his lawyer said Friday.

Canseco gets probation for fertility drug

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Former MLB slugger Jose Canseco will serve one year of unsupervised probation for smuggling a fertility drug from Mexico, a judge in San Diego says.

Mich. to issue border-crossing licenses

DETROIT, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Michigan officials say the state will be one of five where residents can use enhanced drivers' licenses rather than passports to cross U.S. land borders.

Gaza-Egypt border crossing open

RAFAH, Gaza, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials in Gaza say 3,000 people have applied to cross into Egypt this weekend when the Rafah crossing opens for two days.

Hamas protesters gather at Rafah crossing

RAFAH, Egypt, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Hamas supporters gathered Sunday on the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing to protest closure of the terminal, officials said.

Iran arrests 19 Pakistanis crossing border

TEHRAN, July 16 (UPI) -- Iran authorities say they arrested 19 Pakistanis on the countries' border and handed them over to Pakistan's Taftan police.

Border officials find 3 bodies in desert

TUCSON, July 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Border Patrol authorities said they discovered the remains of three people in the desert of southern Arizona.

OSCE leads border security initiative

BELGRADE, Serbia, May 29 (UPI) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe recently completed a border security training course for border police in Serbia and Montenegro.

Rise in corruption seen for Mexico border

SAN DIEGO, May 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Homeland Security officials are concerned that the growing ranks of the Border Patrol will lead to a coinciding increase in corruption.

Mexico: Guns used in multiple crimes

TIJUANA, Mexico, April 30 (UPI) -- Guns found after a recent gunfight in Tijuana were linked to eight other crimes in the border city, authorities in Mexico say.

Israel keeps Karem Shalom crossing shut

JERUSALEM, April 21 (UPI) -- Israeli military officials said the Karem Shalom crossing remained closed Monday following a Hamas attack that left 13 Israeli soldiers slightly wounded.

U.S. warns of Mexican travel danger

WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert for Mexico because of a spike in drug-related violence in several border cities.

Arrests down sharply on Mexican border

PHOENIX, April 10 (UPI) -- Arrests of illegal immigrants along the U.S. border with Mexico have dropped significantly, the Border Patrol reports.

U.S. to expand San Ysidro border crossing

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. officials announced a $577 million plan to expand California's San Ysidro port of entry to reduce border wait times and improve security.

New border ID rules take effect

DETROIT, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Traffic appeared to be flowing smoothly from Canada across the U.S. border into Michigan as new identification rules took effect Thursday.