Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents stopped migrants with histories of violence, gang membership, and sex offenses from successfully making their way into the U.S. interior. The arrests occurred in multiple incidents over the Veteran’s Day holiday weekend.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a member of the transnational criminal gang known as Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) on Friday. The agents found the gang member traveling with two children and a group of nine other migrants. Earlier that day, agents arrested two other criminal aliens who had crossed the border illegally into the U.S.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector apprehended violent criminals and gang members traveling with Central American migrants. Some of those include members of the most violent gangs in the U.S. and sexual predators against children.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector apprehended more than 2,000 migrants during a three-day period at a tiny area known for illegal border crossing. The groups consisted mainly of migrant families and unaccompanied children from Central America.
Border Patrol officials in the Rio Grande Valley Sector say they are being “inundated” with large groups of migrant families and unaccompanied minors. In one day, they apprehended nearly 3o0 in a small border area near Granjeno, Texas.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents stopped at least 17 members of violent gangs from successfully making their way to the U.S. interior in the past week. Those arrested include members of MS-13 and the 18th Street gang.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector stopped five previously deported sex offenders from successfully making their way back into the U.S. interior late last week.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested several Salvadoran nationals who illegally crossed the border from Mexico. They were identified as members of the hyperviolent transnational criminal gang known as Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector stopped four gang members from successfully making their way back into the U.S. interior. The MS-13 and 18th Street gang members had all been previously deported from the U.S.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector rescued two migrants who had become lost on ranches near the Texas border with Mexico. In a separate incident, agents recovered the body of a migrant who drowned while attempting to cross the river.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested a large group of migrants on Tuesday afternoon. The group included men, women, and children from Guatemala.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector assisted in the recovery of five deceased migrants between Friday and Sunday. More than 80 migrants have died this year in this one sector after illegally crossing the border.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested 110 migrants in less than two days. The apprehensions occurred along the border and in stash houses. The Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector continues to lead the nation with nearly half of all arrests of illegal immigrants alone.
Border Patrol agents rescued seven illegal immigrants from suffering a painful death at the hands of the current Texas summer heatwave. Unfortunately, one migrant died after being taken to an area hospital.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas discovered an illegal immigrant “posing” as a family unit is actually a member of the violent 18th Street gang. Agents also arrested another gang member and a convicted child sex offender.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested three Salvadoran nationals after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. Agents determined that all three are members of the hyperviolent MS-13 transnational criminal gang.
A suspected human smuggler attempting to flee from local police sent six people to the hospital following a high-speed crash. The driver of a car not involved in the chase was airlifted with critical injuries.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector saved the lives of four illegal immigrants this week. Unfortunately, four other migrants died during human smuggling operations in South Texas.
The approaching summer heat in South Texas is causing an increase in demand for Border Patrol search and rescue resources. Agents in the Rio Grande Valley and Del Rio Sectors are seeing more situations where migrants are placed in danger by cartel-connected human smugglers.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector found three deceased illegal immigrants in less than one day. The dead were found in separate locations.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector stopped sex offenders and gang members from making their way to their U.S. destinations over the weekend. During a four-day period, agents arrested four child molesters and three gang members after they illegally crossed the border. The arrests include fugitives who fled the country to avoid prosecution and previously deported criminal aliens.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector reported the arrests of numerous previously deported criminal aliens. Those arrested after illegally crossing the border included convicted rapists, child molesters, and an MS-13 member. One has an outstanding warrant in Harris County, Texas (Houston).
In a series of separate incidents, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested multiple previously deported violent felons. Those criminal aliens included a convicted murderer, two rapists, an MS-13 member, and a sexual abuser.
Border Patrol agents in South Texas arrested five Salvadoran MS-13 members illegally entering the U.S. Two of the dangerous gang members had previously been deported. The arrests occurred over a three-day period.
Border Patrol agents in Texas and Arizona arrested a slew of violent criminal aliens and MS-13 members over the course of the past week.
Ruthless cartel-connected human smugglers continue to abandon their human cargo in the Texas summer heat, leaving them to possibly die from exposure, heat stroke, and dehydration. Border Patrol agents risk their own lives to rescue the abandoned illegal immigrants.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector kept eight previously deported alien sex offenders and criminals from re-entering the U.S. shortly after they illegally crossed. The arrests came in less than one week and followed the apprehension of three other alien sex offenders the earlier this month.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested three child sex offenders re-entering the U.S. in less than 72 hours. All three previously received convictions for sexual crimes against children before being deported to their home countries.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested several criminal aliens, fugitives, and previously deported sex offenders who illegally reentered the U.S.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector captured two previously deported illegal alien sex offenders within a few hours on Tuesday.
Border Patrol officials in the Rio Grande Valley Sector report that their agents arrested more than 100 previously deported sex offenders that illegally re-entered the U.S. Agents arrested two during a one-hour period in separate locations in the sector on Wednesday.
Several illegal immigrants attacked Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector during a 24-hour period.
Human smugglers in south Texas again revealed their callous disregard for human life when they abandoned 11 illegal immigrants, including small children, in the middle of the Rio Grande River.
A raid by Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector yielded a stash of fifteen illegal aliens.
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.
