NM Bootheel residents: Border crime taking a toll

DEMING, N.M. — Residents of New Mexico’s Bootheel and parts of southern Arizona say human smuggling and drug trafficking is taking its toll on the region. The Deming Headlight reports (http://goo.gl/8JVnYf) that residents are scheduled Thursday to express their concerns to federal officials during a meeting at the Animas Community Center in Animas, New Mexico. […]