MCALLEN, TEXAS — A previously deported criminal alien from El Salvador who was convicted of kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old at gunpoint has made his way back to Texas across the porous U.S.-Mexico border. Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol arrested 34-year-old Rene Vladimir Escobar Bautista over the weekend near the border city of Hidalgo, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
MCALLEN, Texas — A previously deported criminal alien with a conviction for human smuggling has been arrested in Texas with firearms. A traffic stop by Texas State Troopers near Rio Grande City resulted in agents with Homeland Security Investigations arresting and charging 34-year-old Jose Romero Garcia with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
After hours of deliberation, jurors found two illegal aliens guilty on all counts in connection with the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The guilty verdict confirms that Ivan Soto Barraza and Jesus Leonel Sanchez Mesa, two men who had entered the country illegally as part of a crew of gunmen bent on robbing drug cartel smugglers, killed Terry during a shootout.
MCALLEN, Texas — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is requesting that the federal government step up their game as yet another humanitarian takes place on the Texas border. The governor pointed out that Mexican cartels are largely to blame for the problem.
Twelve men and women have been tasked with deciding if two men are guilty of murdering U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry during a fierce firefight. After days of testimony and evidence, both prosecutors and defendants made their closing arguments and turned the case over to jurors who will decide if Ivan Soto Barraza and Jesus Leonel Sanchez Mesa are guilty.
Federal prosecutors finished presenting their case before jurors in the murder trial of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Bryan Terry and after a day of rest defense attorneys are expected to present their evidence.
MCALLEN, Texas – A previously deported illegal alien from Mexico who had been convicted in the U.S. in connection with a large marijuana plantation is back in the U.S. and in handcuffs.
The opening of the murder trial against two men accused of murdering U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry brought heartbreak to Terry’s family. The Terry family traveled from their home in Michigan to Tucson to observe the trial personally.
Authorities on the Texas border continue to see smuggling attempts by criminals trying to get drugs into the U.S. and the profit of narcotics sales into Mexico.
A drug smuggler who picked up a drug load from the banks of the Rio Grande River on the Texas border was on his way north ended up crashing into the water and swimming back into Mexico to get away from authorities.
Authorities in this border city arrested a Texas man and his Mexican wife in connection with their alleged human smuggling team activities. The woman is also suspected of running a drug distribution point in this border city.
A Texas border man who said he thought he was carrying bottles with steroids ended up getting arrested on drug trafficking charges. The liquid inside the bottles was not an anabolic substance. His car was allegedly carrying 27 bottles of liquid methamphetamines.
A convicted burglar from Mexico with a history of repeated felony convictions and deportations is back in Texas. Arturo Oleague Martinez, 48, was arrested by federal agents last week at the county jail in this border city and taken before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. He was charged with one count of illegally re-entering the country.
Cartel smugglers attempted to sneak drugs in fence posts across the Rio Grande River. Smugglers hid close to 500 pounds of marijuana inside hollowed out wooden posts in an effort to fool law enforcement. The plot failed miserably and the drugs that were being smuggled were confiscated.
A previously convicted child molester who has been deported at least three times is once again in federal custody after being arrested in Texas.
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.
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.
Border Patrol agents working a known smuggling area in Laredo, Texas, arrested an alleged Texas militia member on multiple weapons charges. The man was with two other men in an area about 1,000 feet north of the Texas/Mexico border.
A previously deported illegal alien has been sent to prison for his role as the leader of a human smuggling organization. Prosecutors claim the group is responsible for smuggling thousands of illegal immigrants into the U.S.
Two illegal aliens from Mexico joined forces with human smugglers to kidnap and torture unsuspecting illegal immigrants being held at a stash house. Instead of charging the group with hostage taking or kidnapping charges, prosecutors charged them with human smuggling.
A three-time deported Mexican drug trafficker was caught at the Texas border once again re-entering the country illegally. His arrest comes just a little over a month after his last deportation. The previously convicted drug dealer was described by DEA agents as one of the top methamphetamine distributors in Des Moines, Iowa.
Federal agents along the Texas border continue to see large groups of illegal immigrants either in stash houses or coming over the river. On Monday, agents with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations along with U.S. Border Patrol and Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office raided a border stash house in the town of Edcouch. They found 32 illegal aliens, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
A previously deported convicted rapist from Mexico was recently caught sneaking illegally into the Texas border city of Pharr. This is the second time in less than a week that a previously deported rapist has been captured by Border Patrol agents just inside the U.S. in South Texas.
A previously deported illegal alien who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a child earlier this year is back in the United States. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 22-year-old Joel Silva Duran, an illegal alien from Mexico, last week near the border city of Roma, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
Federal agents arrested a Texas truck driver headed to pick up a load of watermelons after they found 20 illegal immigrants hiding in the trailer.
