Dossier
Mexico border
Coverage of Mexico border in the Nexus archive.
- Why 9,000 US Troops Still Hold the Mexico Border
Approximately 8,700 active-duty US troops are deployed under Joint Task Force-Southern Border, operating under US Northern Command. The mission costs tens of millions of dollars weekly despite historically low border crossings. The task force was established in March 2025.
- Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas
USDA confirms the first case of New World screwworm in cattle in six decades, with the parasite found in a Texas calf near the Mexico border. The discovery poses a threat to the U.S. cattle industry.
- Photo shows missing child from L.A. Amber Alert at Mexico border with kidnapping suspect
Surveillance footage shows a Los Angeles man with his 5-year-old daughter, whom he is accused of kidnapping, at the Mexico border. The child is part of an Amber Alert issued in Los Angeles.