Tag: Mission

A 35-year-old Mission man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to two counts of murder and one count of evading arrest following the deaths of two people he was attempting to smuggle a day after Thanksgiving in 2021, according to court documents.

MISSION — The atmosphere here was jubilant as officials celebrated what will become a decade-long investment in the growth of Mission’s role in binational trade.

A former Palmview High School special education teacher pleaded guilty Friday to the coercion and enticement of a minor.

Four members of a Mission family pleaded guilty for their roles in money laundering and in smuggling 300 people into the U.S., according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release.

A Peñitas man was sentenced to prison on Thursday following a guilty plea for the death of a Mission man who he shot over drugs.

MISSION — Officials here are considering putting a halt to new land developments as water levels continue to plummet at the two international reservoirs that supply the bulk of the Rio Grande Valley’s water.

MISSION — The police department here, alongside city officials, held a press conference Tuesday morning regarding a police shooting that occurred Saturday that sent one officer to the hospital and left the suspect in critical condition.

MISSION — By a unanimous vote, the Mission City Council on Monday appointed longtime public administrator Mike Perez as Mission’s new city manager.

EDINBURG — There’s power in speaking with a unified voice, and that’s precisely what municipal leaders from Brownsville to San Antonio hope to leverage through a new partnership called the South Texas Alliance of Cities, or STAC.

A Mission police officer was shot Saturday in an incident that remains under investigation, according to Chief Cesar Torres.