Hidalgo County

If he survives, a Mexican national involved in a human smuggling attempt will face murder charges following a fatal crash that left a Guatemalan dead on Wednesday, Texas Department of Public Safety officials stated. The Mexican man, illegally present in the U.S., is himself in critical condition following a police pursuit that ended in a rollover.

A Texas Democrat border county judge is inviting President Joe Biden to visit the border and “witness first-hand the challenges being created by current policy.”  On Friday afternoon, Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez sent a letter to President Biden inviting him to the region and expressing a need for “immediate and decisive action” in dealing with the ongoing surge in immigration.

Governor Greg Abbott (R) ordered Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers to stop any ground transportation of migrants following an uptick in cases of COVID-19. The governor issued an executive order to stop the ground transportation of migrants who have been detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Border patrol agents discovered a 60-foot tunnel leading from Mexico into the United States at the Texas border in the city of Hidalgo. It is located at the bottom of a 30-foot embankment on the Rio Grande River, near a border wall built a decade ago, say officials.

In a year fraught with numerous allegations and, in some cases, prosecutions over irregularities at the Texas ballot box, two new voter fraud investigations appear to loom in the Lone Star State.

Nine individuals were arrested Thursday for their alleged roles in a 2017 voter fraud scheme involving the municipal election in a Texas border town.

The longstanding former mayor of a Texas border city contends that voter fraud and bribery cost him another term in a June runoff race. Now, he is suing his opponent and asking the Hidalgo County District Court for a new election.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that authorities arrested a noncitizen for her alleged role in a voter assistance scheme during a 2016 border city runoff election.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that his office is investigating alleged voter fraud activities stemming back to a 2017 election in a city located on the U.S. and Mexico border.

Texas teachers and parents continue to flock to firearms training courses and active shooter preparedness workshops in response to the recent wave of school threats and the February shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 14 defenseless students and three faculty members dead.

Federal authorities arrested a Democrat Texas state judge after a series of raids on his courtroom and his home. Information on the charges and other details of the investigation remain sealed. The judge is expected to be presented in federal court on Monday.

Texas public health officials announced Wednesday what they believe to be the state’s first locally transmitted Zika case of 2017.

A previously deported sex offender illegal alien was caught in the U.S. again after crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico who has been deported from the U.S. three times was arrested a fourth for drunk driving in Texas.

President Donald Trump kept the threat of voter fraud on the front pages both before and after the 2016 Election. Although ballots have long since been counted, cases of illegal voting and other election law violations continue to surface in the aftermath.

The ties between elected officials and the Mexican transnational criminal organizations we call “cartels” do not stop at the U.S.-Mexico border. In many instances, such corruption manifested on the north side of the line. We detail below five such instances where Texas border sheriffs were indicted and sentenced to prison for such ties.

A criminal illegal immigrant who was deported some four times already has been arrested again by the U.S. Border Patrol.

A previously deported illegal immigrant sex offender has been arrested again upon re-entry.

An illegal immigrant recently arrested for drunk driving is facing deportation for the seventh time.

PHARR, Texas — Authorities in this border city continue to look into how three gunmen wearing body armor and face masks stormed a local house demanding cash and left after shooting two victims. The case seems to follow the pattern of what local authorities refer to as “home invasions”.

McALLEN, Texas — A U.S. Postal Service employee in this border city has pleaded guilty in federal court to taking money in exchange for sharing the names and addresses of mail ballot voters with Democrat get-out-the-vote operatives, locally known as “politiqueras.”

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector assisted local law enforcement with the rescue of 20 illegal immigrants who were locked inside a cargo truck.

McALLEN, Texas — Residents in this border city voted down a proposed property tax, despite apparent efforts to stack the deck in favor, as political activists claimed.

McALLEN, Texas — The top law enforcement agencies in south Texas will be getting a new intelligence center aimed at targeting Mexican drug cartel activities and gangs.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in south Texas took several previously deported sexual predators off the streets after they had illegally re-entered the U.S.

Texans continued their march to the polls in massive numbers on the second day of early voting. Most of the state’s largest counties reported second day numbers above the record setting first-day totals.

EDINBURG, Texas — A Texas border man is facing capital murder charges in connection with the beating death of a two-year-old boy.

McALLEN, Texas — Two community leaders have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Texas border officials from pushing for the creation of a new tax jurisdiction on some of the poorest Texans via allegedly questionable election procedures.

MCALLEN, Texas — Members of a political watchdog group are calling out the tactics being used by public officials in the border county of Hidalgo to ensure a new taxing entity wins voter approval.

HOUSTON, Texas — 12 suspected illegal aliens have been arrested during a raid at a stash house.

EDINBURG, Texas — Texas border authorities are issuing a warning about the extreme temperatures that have been linked to the death of five illegal immigrants in nine days.

EDINBURG, Texas — Sheriff’s deputies near the Texas border came under fire while trying to provide assistance during what appears to have been a car wreck. The shootout took place early Saturday morning in a rural area near the border city of Weslaco, information provided to Breitbart Texas by the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office revealed.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a ceremony to sign the toughest and most comprehensive border security plan of any state in the United States of America. The legislative package provides historic levels of funding to secure the border, establishes a Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit, strengthens penalties for human traffickers, increases funding for the border protection unit, and seeks reimbursement from the federal government for Texas funds spent on border issues.

The Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Friday that troopers discovered and seized more than $600,000 in U.S. currency during a traffic stop in a South Texas border county. The seizure occurred on Thursday morning about about 10:15 a.m.

Texas prosecutes K-12 children and their parents for the Failure to Attend School (FTAS), at more than double the rate of all 49 other states combined. Unlawful absenteeism affects youngsters from all walks of life, often leaving a criminal paper trail that jeopardizes their futures.

MCALLEN, Texas — The sentencing of a Gulf Cartel commander has been postponed after a federal judge refused to hand down a slap on the wrist. He asked prosecutors and the federal probation office to do more research before sentencing him.