U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Pharr International Bridge, intercepted 3,429.40 pounds of alleged methamphetamine concealed within a tractor trailer.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last Tuesday ruled that the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande last year to deter illegal migration could remain. The fight over the barrier is one of many broader, hard-fought legal and political battles over the state’s authority to control the flow of migrants at the border.
At least eight gunmen walked up to a white SUV being parked by a Matamoros business leader, Julio Cesar Almanza Armas, last Tuesday afternoon and fired approximately eight rounds through the driver’s side window, killing him instantly, according to multiple news reports published last week. (AP, CBS, Breitbart.com.)
After 10.5 years on the job, Roel “Roy” Rodriguez says it’s time to relax, just a little.
In what seems to be a growing trend among local municipalities, the City of Edinburg hired its first in-house city attorney during its July 17 meeting, as opposed to its previous long-standing practice of contracting for outside legal services.
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