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Thursday, January 19, 2012  More than 10 tons of marijuana is off the streets following raids along several drugs busts in an area known as the 'Frontera Chica' or 'Little Border.'

Monday, October 24, 2011  More than 600 Mexican troops have arrived to patrol a troubled area of the border across the Rio Grande from Starr County.

Thursday, November 11, 2010  A convoy of more than 20 Mexican Army vehicles arrived in Ciudad Mier to guard and protect families caught in the crossfire of gun battles between rival drug trafficking organizations.

Sunday, June 27, 2010  Authorities are reporting that five gunmen were killed in a gun battle south of the border in Ciudad Mier.

Sunday, June 20, 2010  Mexican authorities are reporting that eight gunmen and three soldiers have been killed in the latest round of violence near Miguel Aleman.

Saturday, May 01, 2010  A gunbattle between Mexican soldiers and a group of armed men ended with six people killed in a rural town just south of the Rio Grande.