Tag: Border Patrol
San Juan stash house suspect identified by pink hair
A man's distinctive pink hair helped Border Patrol agents identify him as the suspect they accuse of being the caretaker for a stash house...
Mexican man indicted in Mission stash house case
A federal grand jury has indicted a Mexican man that Border Patrol says ran a stash house where 80 people, including women and children,...
Mexican woman charged with running Rio Grande City stash house
Border Patrol arrested a Mexican woman Monday accused of operating a stash house in Rio Grande City where 67 people who entered the country...
Migrant dies in BP vehicle accident
Two migrants were accidentally run over by a Border Patrol vehicle on the King Ranch near Kingsville on Thursday afternoon, federal authorities said.
One migrant,...
Migrant children celebrate Dia del Niño, but many still returned to Mexico
Festive music and brightly-colored balloons bouncing above a crowd of dancing migrant children filled a large room inside Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande...
Border Patrol agent fled deadly collision with bicyclist; later reported the death
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and MARK REAGAN
HIDALGO — An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of striking and killing a 71-year-old cyclist with his vehicle...
Coyotes using wristbands to identify people being smuggled into the US
A criminal complaint filed in federal court Wednesday reveals smugglers are using wristbands to identify people they are smuggling into the country illegally.
The complaint...
Lawmakers flock south in quick visits to border
By Suzanne Monyak and Caroline Simon, CQ-Roll Call
It's not an ordinary sight — a group of sitting Republican senators, including Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham, dressed...
Disaster feared among officials if river barrier breached
Amid concerns over breaches in the river levee system, which were caused during border wall construction on the west side of Hidalgo County, the...
Person who fled vehicle after Border Patrol stop struck and killed
The Texas Department of Public Safety says an individual is dead after bailing out of a passenger car Thursday night as Border Patrol conducted a traffic...