{"id":52482,"date":"2023-03-13T17:21:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T00:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52482"},"modified":"2023-03-13T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T00:21:16","slug":"rio-grande-valley-border-patrol-agents-led-nation-in-apprehension-of-illegal-gang-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52482","title":{"rendered":"Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Agents Led Nation in Apprehension of Illegal Gang Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>EDINBURG, Texas<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34727 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol.png 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Rio Grande Valley Sector leads the nation in gang member encounters this fiscal year with 181 of the 282 total, federal officials announced Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Gang encounters are up 3.5 percent over FY22TD and 352 percent over FY21TD. Additionally, RGV has apprehended 75 percent of the MS-13 gang members and 77 percent of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> Street gang members caught on the southwest border, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three gang members, including one with an extensive criminal record, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52484 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/th-6-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/th-6-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/th-6-1.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On\u00a0March 12,\u00a0Brownsville\u00a0agents apprehended\u00a0a Mexican migrant with an extensive criminal history to include evading arrest and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The migrant also was identified with the Paisa gang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On\u00a0March 10,\u00a0McAllen\u00a0agents apprehended a group\u00a0of\u00a0three\u00a0individuals\u00a0in Mission; one being a\u00a0Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13)\u00a0gang member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0On March 9, Brownsville agents apprehended seven subjects near Brownsville. One subject was an\u00a018<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street\u00a0gang member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe men and women of the Rio Grande Valley Sector are identifying and classifying these people through expanded interviews, advanced targeting, and working directly with personnel in the Northern Triangle countries who are critical in validating the criminal histories of these dangerous people,\u201d said Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDINBURG, Texas\u00a0\u2013 Rio Grande Valley Sector leads the nation in gang member encounters this fiscal year with 181 of the 282 total, federal officials announced Monday. 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