PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — Two cartel gunmen fleeing from a raging gun battle with Mexican authorities ran through U.S. border security measures twice as they crossed into Texas and back; using their vehicle to ram barriers.
The former city manager of this border town is facing a prison sentence of up to 10-years after pleading guilty to lying to authorities during a corruption investigation.
Eleven illegal aliens were found in a stash house in Eagle Pass and have been arrested. Border Patrol officials say there is evidence they had recently crossed the Rio Grande River.
A key leader of the Los Zetas cartel structure in Texas responsible for overseeing cocaine and cash distribution into San Antonio, Houston, and Waco has been sentenced to life in prison.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents at the Eagle Pass port of entry stopped the attempted smuggling of a child and seized $1 million in hard narcotics.
HOUSTON, Texas–A Houston police officer and his wife were sentenced to spend 15 months in a federal prison following their conviction on charges of transporting illegal aliens. The couple will also face supervised release and a fine of $1,000.
Federal authorities have arrested 24 members of a Los Zetas-tied drug trafficking group that operated on the Texas side of the border moving large quantities of narcotics and cash.
The National Border Patrol Council criticized presumed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for giving a DNC speaking slot to an illegal immigrant after she took pride in violating federal immigration laws.
Three Mexican children were discovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents in an attempt to smuggle them into the United States using falsified birth certificates.
Local and National media outlets have all but ignored an RPG attack on a Mexican police headquarters building located just south of the Texas border town of Eagle Pass. This seems to follow a pattern of news outlets ignoring the cartel war occurring just south of the major Texas cities of McAllen and Brownsville.
A Texas border county commissioner, a county employee and three contractors have been sent to federal prison for their individual roles in a kickback and bid rigging scheme. So far eight individuals have been sentenced at least 10 others are
