A jury issued its guilty verdict yesterday against the only known living terrorist connected to the May 3, 2015 attack on the Muhammad Art exhibit in Garland, Texas. Although he had been raised Baptist and has the given name of “Decarus Thomas,” Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem was a convert to Islam.
San Antonio, Texas, police officers arrested a local high school teacher and church group leader Wednesday. He is accused of hosting sex parties with teenage boys in his home and it appears his neighbors never even knew.
A fugitive accused in a Texas home invasion shootout that left two men dead has been arrested in Mexico. The shootout began when the suspect and a group of gunmen allegedly stormed a rural home to steal a load of drugs.
Immigration-control advocates seeking to restrain the hiring of illegal alien workers in Oregon have won a challenge in the state’s highest court. A challenge was filed last year to ballot language certified by the Oregon attorney general.
Authorities in this border city raided three separate underground casinos, seizing or destroying a combined total of 67 gambling machines.
A Saudi Arabian man who was previously convicted in the United States for distributing child pornography was arrested by Border Patrol Agents near the Canadian border. Agents from the Erie Border Patrol Station were called to assist officers from Immigration
Agents of the U.S. Border Patrol continue to discover child predators and other dangerous criminals crossing the border. This week, in the Rio Grande Valley Sector alone, three convicted child predators, an alleged rapist, and two gang members were arrested. Another man was arrested with nearly $2 million worth of methamphetamine.
More Texas graduate schools rated well in the 2017 US News & World Report roundup of the nation’s law, business, medicine, nursing, engineering, and education programs. The University of Texas at Austin led the state in its top-rated graduate school offerings.
A top ranking member of the Gulf Cartel who had been on the run since 2012 after skipping out in the middle of his drug conspiracy trial in this border city, has been arrested in the Mexican border city of Matamoros.
Police officers from this border city were forced to shoot at a car thief who was trying to drive a stolen car into Mexico and rammed police vehicles in an effort to flee.
Republican candidate and Texas Ted Cruz told supporters in Houston this is now a tw0-man race for the nomination. The senator began the day of this major primary just 90 delegates behind GOP front-runner Donald Trump. After Tuesday night, he found himself with an estimated 36 of the 301 delegates at stake on election day.
Former Speaker of the House John Boehner called Republican presidential candidate and Texas senator Ted Cruz “Lucifer” after giving a speech at the Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, Florida.
La ola de violencia entre miembros del crimen organizado y elementos federales no toman tregua en Tamaulipas, luego que Matamoros se suma a las jornadas de terror que vive la población ante la falta de seguridad.
The wave of violence between cartel members and Mexican authorities appears to have no end in this border state where the city of Matamoros has been added to the days of terror lived by residents amid a lack of security conditions.
Dos facciones del Cártel de Los Zetas continúan peleando por el control de esta ciudad dejando más ejecuciones, balaceras y la colocación de mantas buscando incitar el miedo. Las mantas más recientes ofrecen recompensas en efectivo por las cabezas de sus rivales.
Two factions of the Los Zetas cartel continue to fight for control of this city resulting in more executions, shootouts and the placing of banners aimed at inciting fear. The most recent banners offer cash rewards for the heads of their rivals.
Esta ciudad fronteriza fue el escenario de un intenso tiroteo durante el día que causó pánico entre los ciudadanos, y resultó en la muerte de un hombre armado del Cártel de Los Zetas.
A medical examiner’s report has determined that Notre Dame theology professor Father Virgilio Elizondo died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head Monday in his home in San Antonio, Texas. The 80-year-old Elizondo, who was considered the founder of
GOP presidential hopeful and Texas Ted Cruz greeted a hometown crowd on this third big night in the 2016 Republican presidential race.
The presence of a gun rights group at the Texas State Capitol during President Obama’s visit to the SxSW festival elicited members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense to call for gun violence against the group. Among other incitements to violence, “Just shoot them all,” and “Shoot the a**bags,” they said.
Mexican politicians continue to claim that security conditions in this border state are improving and that the almost daily shootouts, kidnappings, murders and other violent crimes are “isolated incidents.”
Poison experts are warning North Texans about a potentially dangerous recreational drug, U-47700, that made its inaugural appearance locally with nearly deadly consequences last week.
The Maryland police officer who was killed during an ambush of a local police headquarters was apparently shot by his fellow officers in what could be a case of mistaken identity.
A young Houston woman pulled a man loose from a burning car at great risk to her own health and safety.
The man described as the number two leader within the Gulf Cartel in the Mexican border city of Reynosa is now behind bars after Mexican authorities caught him at a race-track in Mexico City.
This border city was the scene of a fierce daytime gun battle that caused panic among the citizens and resulted in the death of one gunman from the Los Zetas drug cartel.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said he believes welcoming refugees is crucial to Dallas becoming a “global city” during a recent summit on the city’s economy, its workforce, and its future. The Democratic mayor made the statement after being asked about “hosting refugees” and “bringing people inside” as “one of the building blocks of a revitalized town.”
A former Catholic priest will remain behind bars in this border city pending trial for the murder of a teacher in the 1960. The murder of the local school teacher occurred more than 55 years ago.
The State of Texas has filed a brief to reply to the claims on appeal made by the convicted murderer of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Eddie Ray Routh is asking an intermediate appellate court in Texas to set aside the jury’s guilty verdict.
A Maryland police officer was killed Sunday afternoon while responding to a call of shots fired at his police station. The shots were apparently designed to lure officers in for an ambush.
The residents of this border city had a rude awakening as cartel gunmen and authorities clashed in a fierce gun battles for more than three hours that left at least 10 dead. Rumors among residents point to the capture of a commander within the Gulf Cartel.
Dos guardaespaldas asignados a proteger a la alcaldesa de esta ciudad fronteriza fueron encarcelados por autoridades federales en relación con cargos de armas.
Three alleged child predators got busted in one day in the same Texas city but in completely unrelated incidents. The three suspects purportedly tried to entice underage girls into having sex with them. Two of the men sought their prey using social media phone apps to arrange for sex with teenage girls. The third attempted to engage his female subject the old-fashioned way, approaching her as she walked home from school.
A massive manhunt for an accused human smuggler who also allegedly assaulted a Border Patrol Agent with a softball sized rock came to a close late last week with his arrest in southern California.
The once obscure Mexican soap opera actress who became famous after having acted as link for the now infamous interview between jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Hollywood activist Sean Penn has now revealed her side of the story. She claims that Penn duped her into meeting the drug lord under the pretenses of making a movie.
Two bodyguards tasked with protecting the mayor of this extremely dangerous Mexican border town have been jailed by federal authorities in connection with weapons charges.
President Barack Obama was in Texas on Friday attending the annual SxSW event where he told millennials and others that government “does great things” because it “is delivering for everybody in this room.” His lecture was to those “who despise every level of government.” He did not tell the Texans who had their homes and businesses destroyed and damaged from severe weather and fires that he has denied them financial assistance.
An illegal alien accused of the sexual assault of a child in Colorado was arrested in New Mexico by U.S. Border Patrol agents as he attempted to illegally cross the border into the U.S.
Governor Greg Abbott presented the newly authorized Texas Purple Heart to Fort Hood soldiers who survived the 2009 terrorist attack and to the families who lost their loved ones on that tragic day. A new memorial to honor all of those who were affected on that day was also unveiled.
One Texas high school senior got something he never imagined when he popped the “promposal” question this week — three days of out-of-school suspension (OSS).
