Border Tension Grows
Site of Pancho Villa Raid Boils Over

Port of Entry at Puerto Palomas - This is where Pancho Villa invaded the U.S. and burned Columbus, New Mexico. Feds finish San Pedro fence, push illegals onto ABP's ranch.

Las Cruces News-Sun -- March 23 Tension high in border villages of Columbus and Palomas     Columbus, NM -- Residents on both sides of the border are nervous after a month of border shootings, disappearances and at least two confirmed murders allegedly sparked by drug-traffickers' turf wars in the Mexican town of Palomas.     On Thursday, after reporting his two police officers had disappeared, Palomas Chief of Police Emilio Perez fled to Columbus requesting political asylum.     Perez's flight came just days after Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza, in the chair for a root canal, witnessed armed robbers take over Palomas dentist Felipe Salazar's office.