Tag: Starr County Sheriff’s Office

A former Starr County Sheriff’s Office jailer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to straw purchasing a firearm receiver on behalf of a Mexican national.

An abortion expert is weighing in on the Lizelle Gonzalez case following a U.S. district judge’s ruling that the case can proceed after motions by defense attorneys to have the case dismissed were denied.

McALLEN — A federal judge on Wednesday denied three motions to dismiss the lawsuit filed by attorneys representing Lizelle Gonzalez against Starr County, District Attorney Gocha A. Ramirez, Assistant District Attorney Alexandria Lynn Barrera and Sheriff Rene Fuentes.

Starr County, District Attorney Gocha A. Ramirez and Assistant District Attorney Alexandria Lynn Barrera have filed motions to dismiss the lawsuit against them filed by attorneys representing Lizelle Gonzalez.

A Mexican citizen was arrested Monday after a Starr County sheriff’s deputy found multiple large bundles of marijuana inside the man’s green Ford Explorer, according to a criminal complaint.

The body of a male juvenile who had been missing since Thursday was "recovered" by family members on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, according to Starr County authorities who were searching for him this weekend.

A woman who was falsely indicted and jailed on a murder charge for having a self-induced abortion has filed a federal lawsuit against Starr County, its district attorney and the assistant district attorney who attempted to prosecute the case.

Three people have died after a helicopter carrying three National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent crashed in a field near La Grulla, the Associated Press reported, citing a county official.

The wife of a purported Gulf Cartel plaza boss in Miguel Aleman has been sentenced to a little more seven years in prison and will forfeit her Roma home and more than $800,000 in cash.

A family is seeking assistance from the community after a Sunday morning fire destroyed a home and claimed the life of one man and injured a woman.