
Three current and one former Texas congressmen are under an ethics investigation, along with six others, in connection with an all-expenses-paid luxury trip to the Caspian Sea, financed by an Azerbaijan state-run company.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 May 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

A group of 15 heavily-armed masked gunmen kicked down the door of a Texas border home and opened fire without warning, in a home invasion that injured a 9-year-old boy and his 33-year-old mother.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 May 2015, 6:20 AM PST0

Over the weekend, Border Patrol agents arrested 16 illegal immigrants stuffed inside a tractor trailer driven by a suspected Mara Salvatrucha gang member.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 May 2015, 10:43 AM PST0

A teacher at an elementary school near Brownsville, Texas is one of four men behind bars on charges of luring a 16-year-old girl into a life of prostitution and drug dealing with social media.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 May 2015, 8:59 AM PST0

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a group of 73 illegal immigrants last week, as the migrants sought to evade detection by making their way through a Texas border ranch.
by Ildefonso Ortiz12 May 2015, 6:36 AM PST0

Texas border authorities continue to look into the recent theft of an unmarked Texas Department of Public Safety patrol car along with the weapons and equipment inside.
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 May 2015, 12:35 PM PST0

U.S. Border Patrol agents seized almost 1,000 pounds of marijuana after a fleeing drug smuggler drove his truck into the Rio Grande.
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 May 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

UPDATE: The suspected explosive device a Texas bomb squad responded to near the border has been determined to be “non-explosive,” according to Detective Rogelio Banda with the San Benito Police Department.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 May 2015, 11:23 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — The government watchdog group Judicial Watch has released some documents tied to an accidental incursion by the Mexican military into the Arizona border from June 2014.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 May 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — As cartel violence continues to take hold of Mexican border cities and various states throughout that country, the U.S. Department of State has once again issued a strongly worded travel warning. The travel warning points out that state and local law enforcement in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas is non-existent.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 May 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

Two leading figures with Los Zetas are set to spend their life in prison for their role in smuggling thousands of pounds of marijuana into the U.S. and for sending weapons and ammunition into Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz6 May 2015, 5:04 AM PST0

The daughter of a late Mexican kingpin from the hyper-violent Knights Templar drug cartel traveled to McAllen, Texas, to give birth to her first child.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 May 2015, 7:58 AM PST0

Cartel gunmen killed a Mexican police officer and kidnapped the rest of his squad following a brazen ambush near the Texas border on Sunday. As information about the shootout was released to the media, it became clear officials from Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon were openly denying each other’s versions of the event.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 May 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

Mexican authorities seized crystal meth, marijuana, rocket-propelled grenades, and several other weapons from a cartel stash house in the border city of Matamoros.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 May 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

While certain politicians claim the border area is safe, local, state and federal officials are investigating three separate homicides where authorities have recovered the bodies of four men. While authorities have not publicly confirmed if the four murders are connected to drug trafficking or human smuggling, the Rio Grande Valley is a known corridor used by Mexican drug cartels who in the past have a history of settling their scores in a violent and efficient manner.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 May 2015, 8:43 AM PST0

Cartel gunmen shot down a Mexican military helicopter in the latest wave of violence to hit that country which left seven dead, 15 injured and 15 gunmen arrested in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 May 2015, 1:45 PM PST0

U.S. federal agents along with the Colombian Navy stopped an alleged drug trafficking ship that they claim had been carrying at least 882 pounds of cocaine valued at $65 million.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 May 2015, 12:05 PM PST0

Public corruption along the Texas border continues to be a major concern for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose anti-corruption task force is working a large number of cases.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 May 2015, 7:05 AM PST0

Cops across the nation are frustrated by the media largely ignoring police officers killed in the line of duty, while sensationalizing the death of suspects shot by the police.
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 May 2015, 5:18 AM PST0

Border Patrol agents concluded a high-speed chase with two drug traffickers by pulling them out of a burning vehicle and saving their lives. The chase began when U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Harlingen station spotted smugglers loading drugs into a minivan near the border community of El Ranchito, just off the Rio Grande, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Border Patrol revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Apr 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

The Mexican government destroyed 22.5 tons of marijuana, 54 grams of cocaine, and 197 doses of psychoactive drugs.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 Apr 2015, 5:27 AM PST0

A federal court hearing for a Texas border narcotics detective accused of stealing cartel drugs offered greater insight into the operation that led to his arrest, and hinted that others may have been aware of his actions.
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Apr 2015, 10:42 AM PST0

As the immigration debate continues to polarize the nation, the Obama Administration is on course to have the lowest number of deportations in a decade.
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Apr 2015, 8:45 AM PST0

A truck driver who federal agents claim was caught with 35 illegal immigrants in his truck is now facing human smuggling charges. U.S. Border Patrol agents working at a checkpoint about 80 miles north of the river arrested Muchiri Rayheed Rhodes this weekend, after they found 35 illegal immigrants hiding in his tractor trailer, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Apr 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

In a surprising turn of events, a Mexican federal court has dismissed some of the charges filed against the former First Lady of the town of Iguala. She is believed to have been one of the masterminds in the kidnapping and execution of 43 education students last year.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Apr 2015, 8:08 AM PST0