US ambassador: US-Mexico drug war aid programs on track despite report saying spending delayed
US ambassador: US-Mexico drug war aid on track Truck carrying suspected illegal immigrants plummets 45 feet off west Texas cliff; 18 injured
Truck carrying immigrants falls off Texas cliff Border advocacy group says $6 billion, 5,000 inspectors needed to bolster land port security
Texas group warns of weaknesses at land ports Navy identifies pilots who have been missing since their plane disappeared off Texas coast
Search ongoing for Navy plane, 2 pilots off Texas Small plane with 4 aboard crashes in south Texas after reporting turbulence in the area
Small plane with 4 aboard crashes in south Texas La Frontera, Spanish-language newspaper in southern Texas, ceases publicationMcALLEN, Texas — La Frontera, an award-winning Spanish-language newspaper serving southern Texas, has stopped publication. Mayor of Texas border town faces trial after city’s $26,000 check found in his accountMcALLEN, Texas — The outspoken mayor of a Texas border town faces trial after a $26,000 check for a city vendor was deposited into his personal account. Government drops amendment requiring 300 more miles of pedestrian fencing along Texas borderBROWNSVILLE, Texas — Members of Congress have stripped a provision requiring 300 more miles of tall fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border from a Department of Homeland Security appropriation bill, saying the funds needed to build the barrier would be better spent on alternative security measures. Critics: Perry sending elite Texas Rangers to border to handle burglaries, not drug violenceMcALLEN, Texas — Rancher Mike Landry recently came upon a group of unarmed men dressed in camouflage burglarizing his guest house and stealing a truck from his 11,000 acres in Terrell County, rugged country bordering the Rio Grande in West Texas. Former Texas sheriff, teacher among those sentenced for helping Mexican drug traffickersMcALLEN, Texas — A former South Texas sheriff and a Houston elementary school teacher were among 11 people sentenced to prison Thursday for their role in a conspiracy that moved marijuana and cocaine from Mexico, through Houston and as far as Delaware. Former Texas sheriff sentenced to 5 years in prison for helping Mexican drug traffickersMcALLEN, Texas — A former Texas sheriff was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison Thursday for helping Mexican smugglers move drugs through his county on the U.S.-Mexico border in exchange for thousands of dollars in bribes. AP INVESTIGATION: Corrupt border agents being busted more for taking bribes from smugglersMcALLEN, Texas —Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms. AP IMPACT: Busts of corrupt US border police rise as smugglers seek more protectionMcALLEN, Texas —Corruption along the U.S.-Mexican border takes many forms. Texas Sen. Hutchison tells Hispanic group no vote on Sotomayor is about protecting gun rightsMcALLEN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas explained to a ballroom of Hispanic small business owners Friday that she would not vote to confirm the country’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice next week out of concern for protecting gun ownership rights. Missing soldier charged with being AWOL after he was found unharmed in Texas border townMcALLEN, Texas — The Army has charged a Fort Hood-based soldier who was reported as a possible kidnap victim with being AWOL after he was found unharmed in a Texas border town. Texas soldier missing for about a week; brother says FBI told family ransom demand was madeMcALLEN, Texas — A Fort Hood-based soldier has been missing for about a week since telling family members he was heading to a Texas border town, and the FBI says the Army was told the missing private had been kidnapped, the soldier’s brother said Tuesday. US passport resolution may be near for citizens delivered by midwives on Texas-Mexico borderMcALLEN, Texas — Citizens delivered by midwives along the U.S.-Mexico border will get to reapply for passports for free under a tentative settlement with the State Department over stalled applications. Suspected illegal immigrant shot in convenience store after Border Patrol chaseMcALLEN, Texas — A Border Patrol agent shot a suspected illegal immigrant during an altercation in a South Texas convenience store Wednesday. Government reaches agreement with ACLU on passports for those delivered by midwivesMcALLEN, Texas — Hundreds of citizens along the U.S.-Mexico border whose applications for passports were banished to a bureaucratic black hole because their births were attended by midwives will be able to reapply. Man implicated in assisted suicide of Ore. woman pleads innocent to drug smuggling chargesMcALLEN, Texas — A man suspected of aiding in a woman’s suicide in a Mexican hotel last month has pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug smuggling charges. Texas police arrest 3 after reports that undocumented immigrants held against their willMcALLEN, Texas — Armed men who allegedly held 12 suspected illegal immigrants in a Brownsville house for several days while trying to get money from their relatives were arrested Monday after a three-hour standoff with police. Border Patrol making fewer apprehensions; recession seen as detering illegal migrationMcALLEN, Texas — The number of U.S. border apprehensions dropped for a third consecutive year, falling to a level not seen since 1973, new government data show. Correction: Detained Immigrants storyMcALLEN, Texas — In a June 4 story about Amnesty International touring the Port Isabel Detention Center, The Associated Press erroneously reported that it was the largest such facility in the country. The largest is the Willacy Detention Center in Raymondville, Texas, according to U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Amnesty International visits Texas detention center after immigrants complain about conditionsMcALLEN, Texas — A team from Amnesty International visited the nation’s largest immigrant detention center and reported that detainees there face numerous obstacles to arguing against deportation. Former sheriff of Texas border county pleads guilty to drug trafficking chargeMcALLEN, Texas — A former south Texas sheriff pleaded guilty Friday to a drug trafficking charge for sharing law enforcement information with a Mexican drug ring. Official: Toddler who died of swine flu visited crowded Houston mall before hospitalizationMcALLEN, Texas — A Mexico City toddler who became the first swine-flu death on U.S. soil spent a day with his family shopping at a huge Houston indoor mall the day before he began to show symptoms. |
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