
Sheriff’s deputies, police officers, federal agents, constables, game wardens, state troopers and first responders gathered at courthouses, police stations and other government buildings along the Texas border to honor a fallen comrade.
by Ildefonso Ortiz4 Sep 2015, 5:21 PM PST0

The two largest police unions in Texas are pointing out President Barrack Obama’s silence on the issue of violence against police. They have sent strong worded letters to the President, asking him to speak out over the rising violence against and murder of law enforcement officers.
by Ildefonso Ortiz4 Sep 2015, 5:25 AM PST0

Emails made public by WikiLeaks revealed that the Tamaulipas government purchased software from the company Hacking Team in 2014. This is the year that played key tole in the government’s new security strategy.
by Cartel Chronicles3 Sep 2015, 7:13 AM PST0

Correos publicados en wikileaks revelan que el gobierno de Tamaulipas adquirió software de la empresa HakingTeam en el 2014, año clave en la estrategia de seguridad del estado.
by Cartel Chronicles3 Sep 2015, 7:04 AM PST0

Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto became the butt of many jokes when he nearly dropped the country’s presidential sash. The incident came moments after he posted a short video message in preparation for his third state of the country address.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 Sep 2015, 6:37 AM PST0

The man shot by two Bexar County deputies last week during a domestic disturbance had a knife in his hand during the deadly altercation with police, authorities said.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 Sep 2015, 6:02 AM PST0

One of the largest sheriff’s departments in Texas has called out a local TV station over what they label an unethical story over a domestic disturbance that escalated into a fatal shooting. Two sheriff’s deputies have since received death threats.
by Ildefonso Ortiz2 Sep 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz2 Sep 2015, 5:49 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A twice deported illegal alien with a long criminal history has been sentenced to prison for selling to undercover agents in Texas. On Monday morning, Mario Alberto Garcia Balderas went before Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa
by Ildefonso Ortiz1 Sep 2015, 7:51 AM PST0

A wanted fugitive who had led a 10 hour standoff when the suspect fired at a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper. Other officers at the scene returned fire hitting the suspect multiple times.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Aug 2015, 2:56 PM PST0

For more than five hours, an armed standoff between law enforcement and a gunman has shutdown one of the main highways that connect the Texas border with the metropolitan city of San Antonio.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Aug 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz31 Aug 2015, 7:46 AM PST0

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.
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 Aug 2015, 3:08 AM PST0

A previously convicted child molester who has been deported at least three times is once again in federal custody after being arrested in Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Aug 2015, 11:39 AM PST0

A convicted murderer from Mexico is back in U.S. custody following his arrest by Texas law enforcement and Border Patrol agents. He was arrested re-entering the U.S. just months after his prior deportation.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Aug 2015, 10:38 AM PST0

A Texas woman who is part of a political border dynasty in South Texas has found herself facing capital murder charges. She stands accused of having murdered a patient in the hospice she ran.
by Ildefonso Ortiz28 Aug 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

Heavily armed Gulf Cartel Gunmen tried to kidnap the former mayor of this border city in a case that authorities are trying to keep under wraps but has become a hotly debated topic as citizens claim that no one is safe.
by Cartel Chronicles28 Aug 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

Hombres fuertemente armados del Cártel del Golfo intentaron secuestrar al ex alcalde de esta ciudad fronteriza, un caso que las autoridades han tratado de mantener en secreto, pero que se ha convertido en un tema muy debatido mientras que los ciudadanos afirman que nadie está a seguro.
by Cartel Chronicles28 Aug 2015, 5:26 AM PST0

Mexican authorities continue to look into the allegations that a daycare worker threw a two-year-old boy in her care into a container filled with boiling water that caused massive burning to the child.
by Ildefonso Ortiz27 Aug 2015, 5:54 AM PST0

Four U.S. Army soldiers previously stationed at Fort Hood have been convicted for their roles in smuggling illegal immigrants past U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints north of the Texas border with Mexico.
by Ildefonso Ortiz27 Aug 2015, 5:49 AM PST0

Federal agents arrested a man from Mexico with a tourist visa during a sting operation. The man had been illegally purchasing thousands of rounds of ammunition.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Aug 2015, 7:17 AM PST0

As violence continues to spiral out of control in El Salvador, that country’s Supreme Court has ruled that the fearsome Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18 (MS18), along with other affiliated gangs, are to be now considered terrorist groups.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Aug 2015, 4:15 AM PST0

Four gunmen with the Gulf Cartel allegedly pulled over a commercial truck driver, loaded his vehicle with drugs, and forced him to drive into the U.S. under threat of murdering his family. This is the story presented in court by a truck driver who was found to be hauling illegal drugs into the United States.
by Ildefonso Ortiz25 Aug 2015, 10:38 AM PST0

Given the opportunity to get to the White House, presidential candidate Jeb Bush would fight to grant Dreamers a path to citizenship while working to fix the broken immigration system in America.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Aug 2015, 3:19 PM PST0

One of the top police officers in San Antonio, Texas, is believed to have taken his own life after his official email account was linked to the information leak from the infidelity website Ashley Madison.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Aug 2015, 2:03 PM PST0