Cold cash: More than $100,000 seized in cooler

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 5:59pm

Source: U.S. Customs & Border Protection

NOGALES, AZ (Tucson News Now) - A Mexican man is under arrest after Customs officers caught him with $106,893 in unreported cash at the port of entry.

Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents found the cash in a cooler being carried by 54-year-old Gamaliel Gonzales De Dios. They took a closer look at him on Friday after he declared $1,000 in U.S. currency.

Authorities found he was actually carrying $1,893, and there was more. Further inspection revealed 23 packages containing an additional $105,000 in unreported U.S. currency concealed in a cooler he was carrying.

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Fire near Nogales grows to 1,650 acres

Submitted by James Bennett on Monday, May 20th, 6:24 am

Firefighters expect the Soldier Basin Fire, burning near Patagonia, to get worse in the next couple of days.

The human-caused fire has burned approximately 2,000 acres and is

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Wildfire burning near Patagonia

Submitted by KOLD Web Staff

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 6:23am

The U.S. Forest Service is battling a wildfire near Patagonia.

The Soldier Basin Wildfire started late

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Three arrested in one ton pot bust

Submitted by KOLD Web Staff

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 5:14am

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now)- Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations arrested three suspects who attempted to smuggle more than one ton of marijuana in Nogales, Ariz.

Members of the Santa Cruz County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Investigative Task Force and the Arizona Department of Public Safety conducted a rolling surveillance in a suspected contraband smuggling area on May 15, according to a news release. They noticed a vehicle had committed a moving violation and the agents initiated a traffic stop.

Through a consensual search of the white Dodge Cargo van, officials discovered more than 932 pounds of marijuana in boxes, and two suspects were arrested.

Upon further investigation, the suspects provided information that led agents to a warehouse where an additional 1,370 pounds of marijuana were discovered and a third suspect was apprehended.

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Public comment period for ADOT’s five-year program wrapping up

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 11:00am

Public comment period for ADOT’s five-year program wrapping up

There is still time to add a comment to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s 2014-2018 Tentative Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program. The public comment period is open until the end of the business day on Friday, May 17 to provide community members with a chance to submit their feedback online or by phone.

The program is available for public review and comment at

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Nogales hosts second annual ‘Ambos Nogales Sister Cities Soccer Tournament 2013’

Submitted by Elizabeth Walton, Community Web Producer

Monday, May 13th, 2013, 10:01am

Nogales hosts second annual ‘Ambos Nogales Sister Cities Soccer Tournament 2013’

The City of Nogales hosted the second annual Sister Cities Soccer Tournament on Sunday, May 5, at Fleischer Park as part of efforts to boost the Sisterhood Agreement between Ambos Nogales.

“It is very important to hold events such as these,” said Mayor Garino, in a recent news release. “Events that include Ambos Nogales strengthen the bond between both

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