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Texas’ SB 4 may not result in many arrests in the Rio Grande Valley

Texas' SB 4 sent the state swirling into confusion this week as the Supreme Court briefly allowed the immigration law to go into effect for several hours before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals placed the legislation's implementation on hold.

‘He enjoyed life’: Border Patrol agent who died in helicopter crash remembered by family

SAN JUAN — Dozens of Border Patrol agents and representatives from local law enforcement agencies lined the main walkway leading to the Basilica Of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle-National Shrine Thursday afternoon.

Photo Gallery: Funeral Mass held in San Juan for Border Patrol agent killed in...

SAN JUAN — A funeral Mass was held here at the Basilica Of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle-National Shrine on Thursday for Border Patrol agent Christopher Luna.

Border Patrol agent, National Guard soldiers who died in La Grulla helicopter crash identified

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas said on Sunday that the Border Patrol Agent who died in a helicopter crash Friday afternoon near La Grulla is Chris Luna.

Helicopter crash kills Border Patrol agent, 2 National Guard soldiers on border mission

The La Grulla helicopter crash on Friday afternoon killed two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent.

Man crashes into Border Patrol unit near Rio Grande City during smuggling event

A United States man claims he smuggled two people illegally present in the country because his half-sister’s life was threatened by a man from Mexico known as “El Pato,” according to a criminal complaint.

Edinburg’s Victor Godinez joins a notorious list of Valley convicts on Death Row

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.

Border Patrol agents at Falfurrias checkpoint seize cocaine worth $4 million

Federal agents on Saturday seized a little more than 128 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $4 million hidden in the tires of a vehicle driven to the Falfurrias checkpoint by an Alamo woman.

Brownsville Border Patrol agents stop drug smuggling attempt near Hope Park

A man is under arrest after he was found hiding in a dumpster following a chase with Border Patrol agents who were trying to arrest him for smuggling more than 118 pounds of marijuana, according to a criminal complaint.

Border Patrol seizes 3,300 illegal anxiety pills from Mexico at Falfurrias checkpoint

Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias checkpoint seized 110 bottles of anxiety pills from Mexico that are the equivalent of Xanax inside potato chip bags, according to a news release.