Tag: Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)

The manhunt for alleged killer Mario Martinez, wanted for the 7:45 p.m. Tuesday shooting of his half-brother Reynaldo Acosta, ended late Wednesday when he was captured by Raymondville police and other agencies at a house in the 1200 block of West Tampico Street.

As Gov. Greg Abbott continues to double down on mobilizing state resources to address border security in Texas, so too are the policy experts and activist organizations — and more — who have characterized the governor's actions as interference with federal policy to undermine the Biden administration.

A 66-year-old Delaware man died Tuesday afternoon in a fatal crash in La Feria.

During a traffic stop in Brownsville, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper discovered over 205 pounds of liquid methamphetamine contained within 24 jugs inside the vehicle of a man who was stopped for speeding.

A Brownsville man was sentenced Wednesday for possession with intent to distribute nearly four pounds of fentanyl, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.

Earlier this week, a new name was entered into the short list of Death Row inmates from the Rio Grande Valley. Victor Alejandro Godinez, the 29-year-old Edinburg man who was convicted of killing 49-year-old Trooper Moises Sanchez after shooting him in the head on April 6, 2019, was sentenced to death.

A 60-year-old Edinburg man was killed after crashing into a truck hauling a petroleum tanker Wednesday night.

EDINBURG — The family of slain Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez on Wednesday afternoon directly addressed his killer, 29-year-old Edinburg resident Victor Alejandro Godinez.

EDINBURG — A jury after midnight Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old Edinburg man to death for killing state trooper Moises Sanchez more than four years...

The 16th day of Victor Godinez’s death penalty trial saw attorneys representing both sides give closing arguments to a courtroom filled to capacity with family members of the 29-year-old defendant and family members of Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Moises Sanchez.