Area U.S. Border Patrol agents made seven drug seizures Tuesday that netted 3,634 pounds of marijuana.

Continue reading " Border Patrol seizes more than 3,600 pounds of pot in recent busts locally "

U.S. Border Patrol agents said they encountered two pickup trucks Tuesday night traveling north together from the Rio Grande near Escobares.

Continue reading " Border Patrol makes six drug busts across Starr County "

U.S. Border Patrol agents said they encountered two pickup trucks Tuesday night traveling north together from the Rio Grande near Escobares.

Continue reading " Border Patrol makes half a dozen drug busts across Starr County "

U.S. Border Patrol agents said they encountered two pickup trucks Tuesday night traveling north together from the Rio Grande near Escobares.

Continue reading " Border Patrol makes half a dozen drug busts across Starr County "

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevio had planned on a banquet Thursday evening for the 20 new academy graduates to be hired as deputies and paid with federal stimulus dollars.

Continue reading " Valley gets few COPS grants "

Mexican military soldiers arrested two Rio Grande City men after a chase led to a house here that had more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana stashed inside, officials said.

Continue reading " Mexican soldiers arrest two RGC men on drug charges "

A Houston man has been convicted of smuggling immigrants through the Rio Grande Valley.

Continue reading " Man convicted of smuggling immigrants through Valley "

Border Patrol agents patrolling the Escobares area in Starr County confiscated 4,159 pounds of marijuana in a van, according to a press release.

Continue reading " Border Patrol seizes more than 4,000 pounds of pot "

The 63-year-old woman owns four beds, but has nowhere to sleep. The beds sit empty in her house in a tiny Starr County hamlet between Roma and Rio Grande City.

Continue reading " Flood of misfortune "

Agents with the U.S. Border Patrol picked up more than four tons of marijuana during several seizures throughout the Rio Grande Valley last weekend.

Continue reading " Feds seize more than 4 tons of pot in RGV over the weekend "