Newborn critically injured in wreck
MONTE ALTO — A 2-week-old baby boy is in critical condition after a Saturday night car crash near Farm-to-Market Road 2812 and FM 88, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS spokesman...
View ArticleMarchan guilty on all 7 counts
A jury has convicted Port Isabel attorney Ray R. Marchan in his racketeering and conspiracy trial. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all seven counts that he paid former state District Judge Abel...
View ArticleAttorney faces 20-year sentences on seven counts
BROWNSVILLE — A federal jury convicted Port Isabel attorney Ray R. Marchan of racketeering and extortion Monday.The jury returned guilty verdicts on all seven counts that he paid former 404th state...
View ArticleOfficials consider reviewing Marchan trial transcipts
BROWNSVILLE — The Cameron County Commissioners Court will decide Thursday if it wants to purchase the trial transcripts from the Ray R. Marchan federal racketeering case pertaining to “alleged...
View ArticleReputed cartel boss withdraws guilty plea
BROWNSVILLE — Reputed former Gulf Cartel plaza boss Jose Luis Zúñiga-Hernandez withdrew a guilty plea for immigration and firearm charges in federal court Monday morning.Zúñiga-Hernandez, 43, also...
View ArticleNWS predicts scattered showers
After a week of unbearably hot and dry weather that had residents looking for shaded areas, the Rio Grande Valley could receive some rain this week.The chances of rain begin today with a 40 percent...
View ArticlePolice: Man threatens to kill girlfriend, dog
HARLINGEN — Police said a Harlingen man who was angry over living arrangements with his girlfriend grabbed a knife and threatened to kill her and her dog. Police responded to the 3000 block of North 77...
View ArticleCourt: Mexican national tried to bribe CBP officer
PROGRESO — Federal agents arrested a man accused of attempting to bribe a customs officer so he would allow his family to illegally enter the United States. After Jose Luis Huerta Aguilar, 30,...
View ArticleDA Villalobos wants indictment against him tossed out
Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos wants the federal indictment filed against him thrown out and has filed a motion to have it dismissed. Villalobos states the indictment does not...
View ArticleMen get prison for exporting ammo to Mexico
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Two men have been sentenced to prison for illegally exporting about 3,000 rounds of ammunition from South Texas to Mexico. A federal judge in Brownsville on Tuesday sentenced...
View ArticleSan Benito man tied to Limas case gets 10 years in prison
Jose Manuel Longoria – the alleged middleman in the racketeering case of former 404th state District Judge Abel C. Limas – has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Longoria, 52, of San Benito,...
View ArticlePolice Blotter for June 20
HARLINGEN — A Harlingen woman told police that another woman punched her in the face and stabbed her on the head with a knife after she refused the other woman’s request for money, according to a...
View ArticleTeam to investigate death of boy who died after swallowing gasoline
BROWNSVILLE — The Child Death Review Team of Cameron and Willacy counties is examining the death of a 2-year-old last June after he ingested gasoline. The group said it hopes to develop preventive...
View ArticleMarchan's lawyer apologizes for bringing up race
BROWNSVILLE — Attorney Noe Domingo Garza Jr. apologized Tuesday for pulling the race card in defending attorney Ray R. Marchan, the federal court record indicates.This was in response to U.S. District...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to possessing ‘Wicho' gun
BROWNSVILLE — A Mexican national pleaded guilty Tuesday to entering the United States illegally and possessing a jewel-encrusted handgun that is at the center of the case against alleged Gulf Cartel...
View ArticleEx-Duval County deputies accused of cocaine conspiracy
McALLEN — A grand jury on Tuesday indicted two former Duval County sheriff’s deputies accused of participating in a cocaine distribution conspiracy.Ruben Silva, 35, and Victor Carrillo, 27, were...
View ArticleMayor wins plaque dispute; Hernandez to be recognized in memorial
SAN BENITO — The new City Commission Tuesday unanimously voted to replace a plaque at the Veterans War Memorial to list Mayor Joe Hernandez instead of past Mayor Jack Garcia. “This will show the actual...
View ArticleFather charged with murder in Laredo hotel shootings
EL CAMPO, Texas (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting his 1-year-old son and critically injuring another boy in a Laredo motel was charged Wednesday with capital murder and assault. Demond...
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