Tag: Border Patrol
Border Patrol finds nearly 145 pounds of cocaine in watermelon shipment
Border Patrol agents thwarted the transportation of nearly 145 pounds of cocaine by a truck driver hauling watermelons through the Falfurrias checkpoint early Wednesday morning after the driver kept displaying nervous behavior, according to a criminal complaint.
Edinburg man arrested for trying to smuggle 32 people crammed in RV
An Edinburg man who was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 29 for attempting to smuggle nearly three dozen people in an RV through the Falfurrias checkpoint changed his story several times and couldn't remember some details because he was high on methamphetamine, according to a criminal complaint.
RGV Border Patrol agents warn about the dangers migrants face in brutal South Texas...
MISSION — As temperatures rose dangerously close to triple-digit territory, Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents rushed through brush on Tuesday, chasing their K-9 unit in search of a 16-year-old girl who had been separated from her mother.
Border Patrol chase ending in double fatality reached speeds of 100 mph
Homeland Security Investigations on Sunday charged a man in connection to a single-vehicle crash that killed two people following a Border Patrol chase near Edinburg on Friday night.
2 dead, multiple injuries in crash following Border Patrol chase
State authorities released the identity of one of two individuals killed in a single-vehicle crash near Edinburg late Friday night which, according to sheriff’s deputies, began as a Border Patrol pursuit.
Complaint: Honduran man attacks Border Patrol agent near Roma
Federal authorities charged a Honduran man with assaulting a Border Patrol agent earlier this week.
Smuggler on probation held on meth charges
Border agents detain 31 at Falfurrias checkpoint
Border agents find 60 people in trailers at Falfurrias checkpoint
