
Texas Border Councilman Caught Smuggling Illegal Aliens, Says Court Records
A city councilman from the border city of Crystal City is facing human smuggling charges after federal agents allegedly found three illegal aliens in his truck.

A city councilman from the border city of Crystal City is facing human smuggling charges after federal agents allegedly found three illegal aliens in his truck.

The county tax assessor, her staff and several other individuals have all been arrested in connection with a massive border corruption and embezzlement scheme linked to the theft of more $700,000 in taxpayer money. The charges include tampering with government records, theft by a public servant, forgery, organized criminal activity and more.

Arizona state police arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent following a traffic stop where they found four suitcases with 50 bricks of cocaine. The agent said was traveling to Chicago where he was going to receive $50,000 for the trip.

EAGLE PASS, Texas — A Texas border sheriff has kicked off an investigation into his predecessor after discovering that approximately $700,000 in forfeiture funds went missing under his predecessors term. The investigation is taking place in Maverick County, a border region with a rich history of public corruption.

A Mexican drug cartel had a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer working for them at an international port of entry in this border city. That U.S. federal officer will be spending six and a half years in prison for using his badge to help cartel drug smugglers get their loads into America.

DONNA, Texas—The political witch-hunt started by a corrupt school board in this border city continues to fall apart exposing a series of conspiracies, fabricated scandals, and vendettas aimed at spending tax-payers money in one of the poorest districts in the nation.

A police commander and a school principal getting arrested on separate charges are two of the most recent scandals to hit a Texas border school that has become synonymous with collusion, conspiracy, and corruption.

A former justice of the peace in the border city of Laredo and a former bail bondsman have been sentenced to prison for using their position to extort bribes out of prisoners.

A former police officer in this local border city will spend a year in prison for having a woman perform oral sex so he wouldn’t arrest her.

A political witch hunt in corrupt Texas border school district has begun to fall apart. The most recent turn of events in the saga of Donna ISD came on Thursday afternoon when a Grand Jury in Hidalgo County no-billed Superintendent Jesus Rene Reyna and Board Member Ernesto Lugo clearing their names of the charges that had been made up by their political rivals.

In one of the poorest counties in the nation, Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton and her supporters are set to hold a lavish banquet. Hidalgo County is home to some of the nation’s poorest families, many of whom would not ever be able to afford to attend.

A Texas border cop targeted by a witch hunt that resulted in his wrongful arrest has filed suit that describes conspiracies, favors, and corruption. The suit was filed in federal court against the former police chief, his lackeys, the former city manager, former city commissioners, the municipal judge, and the city.

An officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces federal charges for allegedly helping a previously convicted felon and other illegal immigrants enter the country through his post at one of the international bridges in El Paso.

A Texas police officer has been arrested and charged in connection with a complex scheme to steal several kilograms of cocaine while claiming to make a large drug bust.

In yet another public corruption scandal on the Texas border, a judge in this city has been arrested on bribery and drug charges. “You’re going to leave me without my Christmas money,” the judge allegedly told investigators.

Two council members, the wife of one of them, and the municipal judge from the border city of Hidalgo traveled to Brazil at the tune of almost $18,000 using public funds.

Gunmen carrying AK-47s stormed an underground casino near the Texas border firing several shots to scare patrons and managed to get away with cash from the establishment.

The school board in this border city surrounded in a cloud of corruption spent taxpayer money on a trip to Las Vegas, where a board member got married and the group of officials attended an event where Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke.

In a series of events that sound out of place in this border city that has gained notoriety for its violence, corruption and lack of governability, a group of suspected members of the Gulf Cartel tried to bribe authorities in an attempt to avoid capture — they failed.

En un hecho que suena raro en esta ciudad fronteriza la cual ha adquirido fama por su violencia, corrupción e ingobernabilidad, varios presuntos miembros del Cartel del Golfo trataron de sobornar a las autoridades a fin de evitar ser detenidos; fallaron.

A former police chief targeted by a federal investigation into the theft of federal border security grant money has been found dead. While details have not been released, authorities in Rio Grande City found the body of Byron “Dutch” Piper Tuesday morning, in what authorities believe to be a suicide.

A retired Texas border police chief is expected to turn himself in to authorities on federal charges accusing him of stealing money from a federal border-enforcement grant.

Federal agents continue their crackdown on Medicare abuse spanning from the Texas Border to Chicago, in a series of cases that have resulted in 243 individuals getting charged in the federal courts of 17 different districts.

The U.S. federal government has formally announced that yet another former governor from Mexico has now become a fugitive sought by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

More than $100 million has been paid out through one form of government medical aid in the border county of Hidalgo, from January to May. However, investigators believe a large part of that money may be tied to Medicare abuse.