Articles in the El Paso Times and the Cd. In the Cd. Comprised of bars, restaurants, pharmacies and shops that sell artisanal goods, the area was vacant of buyers over the past weekend. One store owner said that business is worse than ever before, worse even than in bad recessions. While shoppers are avoiding border crossings, illegal immigration seems to be more or less unchanged between the US and Mexico.
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On September 24, Doug Mosier, the Border Patrol public affairs officer for the El Paso sector, told Frontera NorteSur that the number of apprehensions in the sector since September 11 has remained steady at the sector average of 200-300 apprehensions per day. The Border Patrol's El Paso sector includes all of New Mexico and the Texas counties of El Paso and Hudspeth. PGJE authorities told El Diario that since the September 11 attacks against the US, the PGJE has not detected the presence of any alleged Islamic terrorists in the state. He said their rights will not be affected. A Cisen source that El Diario would not name told the newspaper that it was investigating post cards that were sent to a mosque in Saltillo, Coahuila from Chihuahua City.