Word: patroling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before dawn yesterday, soldiers on a routine patrol spotted the three guerrillas just north of the Kfar Yuval collective farm, chased them and opened fire, the army said in a statement...
Without question, Rocky and Barco are the best agents the Border Patrol has in South Texas. In just eleven months on the job they have helped seize $128 million worth of cocaine and other drugs coming into the U.S. from Mexico. So effective are they that angry dopers are reported to have put out $30,000 contracts on their lives...
...Rocky and Barco worried? No, but their handlers are. The two agents are Belgian Malinois, a breed of dog similar to the German shepherd that sniffs out drugs. "The South has never seen anything so good," said Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Jack Vickery, who last week announced that there would be additional protective measures for the dogs. Next week, four new members of the canine corps will report for duty...
...Laurel and Juan Trevino, the two senior agents commanding the operation, scan the road ahead through binoculars. "Got them," says Trevino. "Looks like they are heading back into the scrub." Laurel quickly checks the position of another Border Patrol unit, which has been maneuvering to cut the gang off from the river. "We need to bust them now," Laurel radios. "We're coming in fast...
...Border Patrol's McAllen sector, 280 miles of the U.S.-Mexico boundary, this drug bust last week was the third in as many days, although the first for months involving a shoot-out on U.S. soil. South Texas is one of the most important points of entry into the U.S. for Mexican-grown marijuana, as well as cocaine from Colombia. Last year the Border Patrol in the McAllen sector captured drugs worth more than $182 million. Yet for all their success, the Border Patrol and other U.S. agencies estimate that they intercept just 10% of the drugs coming across...