Tag: U.S. Border Patrol

As Congress remains gridlocked on reaching a bipartisan approach to preventing a government shutdown, U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz has introduced legislation that would ensure Border Patrol agents are paid even if the looming potential shutdown happens.

Border Patrol agents arrested a combative man on Wednesday after he fled the Falfurrias checkpoint and kept yelling that "he wanted someone with jurisdiction to pull him over" during a pursuit, according to a criminal complaint.

Border agents rescued a person from a fiery vehicle wreck in the La Joya area early Friday morning.

BROWNSVILLE — A 30-year-old Mexican citizen is in federal prison following his conviction of attempted immigrant smuggling resulting in death, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

An act of courage one fateful day earned a border agent from the Rio Grande Valley an honor few are bestowed thanks to his efforts saving the lives of two young girls who, without him, may have perished.

Border Patrol agents arrested a man at the Falfurrias checkpoint after the agents discovered a man illegally present in the United States inside a "hollowed-out" welding machine, according to a criminal complaint.

NEW YORK — Balloons with rainbows and Minnie Mouse surrounded the casket of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody as dozens of people gathered Friday to remember Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez in New York City.

A federal magistrate judge has ordered a Reynosa city councilor released from custody after dismissing charges against her that alleged she attempted to smuggle around 93 pounds of cocaine through the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias.

The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody said Friday that agents repeatedly ignored pleas to hospitalize her medically fragile daughter as she felt pain in her bones, struggled to breathe and was unable to walk.

Border Patrol agents in Rio Grande City on Monday detained a 59-year-old man after learning he had a warrant for fatally shooting a Rio Hondo man nearly 26 years ago.