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Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol David Aguilar said July 15 that there has been a 22 percent increase in violent incidents between drug traffickers and Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexican border over the course of 2008. According to Aguilar, most of the increases are in the El Centro, San Diego and Tucson sectors. Although violence is still increasing along the border, it is actually increasing at a slower rate than in 2007.

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