BROWNSVILLE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged cocaine. CBP officers discovered the narcotics, valued at approximately $88,400, hidden within a 2010 Dodge Caliber.
When I first got to the RGV in 1979, the pilots flying contraband into Mexico were living large. A hundred grand a year when money was real money instead of just inflated paper. They were also getting killed at a pretty high rate. I knew more than a few of them, and I used to give them their biennial flight reviews (now simply called a Flight Review; required of current pilots every two years under the supervision of a CFI who then has to endorse their logbook).
EDINBURG — A smuggler crashed the vehicle he was using to transport illegal aliens, resulting in numerous injuries.
MISSION — Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced $4,909,500 in federal funds for Hidalgo County through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Stonegarden Grant Program (OPSG). The Stonegarden Program increases operational capabilities of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. The funds for Hidalgo County will support law enforcement through funding equipment, over-time pay and support interagency operations. In the FY20 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, Congressman Cuellar secured $90 million nationwide for the program.\
AUSTIN — Today, the Office of the Governor and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed they have deployed 628 individuals via BCFS to hospitals and medical centers in the Rio Grande Valley. BCFS Health and Human Services' Emergency Management Division is a non-profit partner of federal, state and local government and private industry, specializing in public health & medical emergency response. This assistance is being provided in response to the requests from county judges and hospital administrators in the Rio Grande Valley requesting additional personnel assistance from the state.
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