EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector leads the nation in gang member encounters this fiscal year with 181 of the 282 total, federal officials announced Monday. Gang encounters are up 3.5 percent…
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An Associate of a Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced for Taking Money from Drug Dealers
TEXAS A federal judge sentenced an associate of a former U.S. Border Patrol Agent to four years in prison followed by one year of supervised release for conspiring to accept money in…
U.S. Border Patrol Agent Accused of Creating Bogus Alerts to Help Brother-In-Law
SAN DIEGO U.S. Border Patrol Supervisory Agent Martin Rene Duran was arrested last week and charged with using his official position to create bogus alerts in a border-security law enforcement database. This…
Border Patrol Agent Pleads Guilty to Harboring and Concealing Undocumented Aliens
LAREDO, TEXAS —A U.S. Border Patrol agent plead guilty to concealing, harboring and shielding five undocumented aliens from detection, officials said Tuesday. Roberto Cantu Rodriguez, 35, of Laredo, entered a guilty plea to…
Seventh Defendant Indicted for the Murder of a Border Patrol Agent
ARIZONA – A federal grand jury indicted the seventh defendant in connection with the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010, officials announced last week. Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez was indicted…