Special to the Advance CORPUS CHRISTI — A 40-year-old Brownsville resident has admitted to transporting illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
Special to the Advance EDINBURG — Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents, along with state and local law enforcement departments, interdicted two smuggling events leading to ten arrests.
Special to the Advance EDINBURG — On Saturday morning October 29, 2022, at approximately 10 a.m., Edinburg Police Detention Specialist Roberto Guerra, a three-year employee, was arrested by the Edinburg Police Department for Official Oppression, a Class A misdemeanor. Guerra has been placed on leave without pay, pending the outcome of an administrative investigation.
SAN JUAN — The San Juan City Commission voted Oct. 11, to authorize its city manager to negotiate a contract with Texas National Bank to provide financial depository services for the city.
The number of people, 2.38 million, caught crossing the southern border illegally last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, continues to increase, up 37 percent over the previous fiscal year, according to figures released last Friday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). How many escaped capture by BP agents is anyone’s guess. The people apprehended, or who willingly turned themselves in, hoping for asylum status, largely came from Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, if you include the group as a whole, according to the CBP report.
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