Tag: Crime
EXPLAINER: How COVID-19 stalled and reignited Edinburg mayor’s voter fraud case
BY BERENICE GARCIA AND MARK REAGAN | STAFF WRITERS
Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina walked into the city’s municipal auditorium with a wide smile, generously high-fiving...
Cartel shootout in Matamoros ends in 4 deaths, arrests
A confrontation between Mexican law enforcement and Gulf Cartel members in Matamoros on Friday night ended with four deaths and as many arrests. One...
Shootings erupt between cartel, Mexican authorities in Matamoros
Gun battles between cartel members and Mexican law enforcement erupted Friday evening across Matamoros and prompted an emergency message from the U.S. Consulate urging...
Brownsville ISD trustee charged with nepotism
Brownsville Independent School District Trustee Minerva M. Peña surrendered Friday to Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies on a Class C nepotism charge in a case...
Edinburg man arrested on allegations of stealing 232 head of cattle
EDINBURG — Law enforcement authorities arrested a man for the theft of 232 head of cattle last Friday, the latest in the string of...
Document: Argument preceded fatal Edinburg shooting
The probable cause affidavits for the murder arrests of two McAllen cousins reveal that the 24-year-old victim was shot in the head.
Edinburg police investigators...
DPS: Chase leaves 2 dead, 5 injured
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a single vehicle crash that left two men dead.
According to a statement from DPS, the crash...
Edinburg investigator charged with assault for family violence
The Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Edinburg police investigator for allegedly assaulting his wife seven months ago.
In a statement, the city of Edinburg...
Father of 3-year-old who fatally shot himself surrenders to authorities
The father of a 3-year-old boy who shot and killed himself after finding an unsecured gun turned himself in to authorities Thursday.
Elsa police had...
Border Patrol: Smugglers used loud music, fried chicken to convince of citizenship
Loud music, dancing and apparently eating fried chicken did little to convince Border Patrol agents that the occupants of a Toyota RAV4 were U.S....