Condensed translation of article: At the end of July, agents from the federal bureau of Immigration and Customs (ICE) arrested 13 Latino workers at a boat manufacturing company, Waco Manufacturing North Little Rock. The workers were suspected of being undocumented.

ICE agents had received a tip that the company had hired undocumented immigrants. The 3 Mexicans and 10 Guatemalans face charges of having entered the U.S. illegally and using false Social Security which is a federal crime and carries a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000 and 3 years of probation.

A prosecutor said it would be possible for the immigrants not to go to jail if they plead guilty and then would be sentenced to time served already and deported. However, their criminal records will be kept on file and they will face tougher penalties if they return to the country illegally.

The Mexican and Guatemalan consulates were advised that two of the detainees did not want to utilize their consulates legal services.

This is the third raid conducted this year by ICE in Arkansas. The three raids this year in Arkansas have been on Wednesdays, a day that seems to be a fateful day for undocumented workers.

Trying to stem the flow of undocumented immigrants from sneaking into the country at the Arizona/Mexico border, the U.S. Border Patrol constructed a barrier and gate in an underground tunnel discovered leading from Nogales, Mexico into Tucson, Arizona.

The only trouble is that the U.S. Border Patrol built the barrier on Mexico's side. They now have to tear it down and answer to charges from the Mexican government that the barrier contributed to $8 million in flood damage caused by a storm on July 12.

Ignacio Delgado stands in front of his sandbag-bolstered photo shop on what's commonly known as Calle Elias in Nogales, Sonora. Delgado said his business suffered more than $1,000 in damage.
(Source: Arizona Daily Star/Photos By Kelly Presnell)

Mexican officials cite technical data in showing that the barrier reduced the water flow produced by the storm by almost 40 percent. Because of the pressure and the age of the drainage system on the Mexican side of the border, it broke causing damaging flooding.

Mexico has issued a formal complaint against the flood damage and requesting either repairs or money.