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Governor: Feds Send Border Help Now
Governor Perry says the Federal Government needs to send more help to the border, pointing to the killing of an American in Falcon Lake. The shooting of 30-year-old David Michael Hartley in Falcon...
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Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Shoots Unarmed Drug Suspect
Federal authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Eagle Pass drug suspect, allegedly by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Maverick County Sheriff Tomas S. Herrera said Friday...
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New Border Technology Slow To Be Deployed
WASHINGTON (AP) – Technology to replace a now defunct virtual fence project at the Mexican border likely won’t be fully in place for at least another decade, maybe longer, according to the Government...
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ATF To Require Gun Buyer Information On Mexican Border
WASHINGTON (AP) – In an effort to stem the illicit flow of weapons into Mexico, the Justice Department announced Monday that all gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the...
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Huge Mexico-Bound Ammo Cache Stopped In Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE (AP) — Members of a task force made up of federal and local authorities found about 50,000 rounds of ammunition beneath the bed of a pickup that was awaiting export to Mexico from...
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State Adds New Camera Tool To Border Security
A remote-controlled surveillance camera overlooks the Rio Grande River between the United States and Mexico near Laredo, Texas. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images) McALLEN (AP) – The Texas Department of...
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New Border-Patrolling Drone Arrives In Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — The second unmanned aircraft to patrol the Texas-Mexico border has arrived at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Laredo confirms that...
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Texas Border Agent Finds 6-Foot Boa Constrictor
LA PALOMA (AP) - A Border Patrol agent in South Texas has captured a 6-foot boa constrictor that officials believe someone had as a pet but dumped when it got so big. Agency officials say the snake was...
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National Guard Presence At Border To Be Reduced
WASHINGTON (AP) - When the number of National Guard troops stationed at the Mexican border is reduced next year, their duties are expected to shift from being on the border to flying above it. About...
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Border Patrol Aims To Stop Revolving-Door Policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment. The agency this month is overhauling its approach on...
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Napolitano Reviews Texas Border Operations
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is to spend a second day reviewing Customs and Border Protection operations in the Rio Grande Valley. Napolitano is expected to...
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State Lawmaker Says Mexican Border Isn’t War Zone
AUSTIN (AP) - A Texas state senator took issue Thursday with characterizing the entire U.S.-Mexico border as a war zone, bristling at a top agricultural official’s assertions that America’s food supply...
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Border Patrol Gets First New Strategy In 8 Years
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday unveiled its first national strategy in eight years, a period in which the number of agents more than doubled and apprehensions of people entering...
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Government Settles Texas Border Fence Land Case
McALLEN (AP) — The U.S. government has paid almost $1 million for part of a South Texas nature preserve taken for the border fence, drawing to a close nearly four years of litigation in one of the...
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Border Balloons Show Surveillance Potential
ROMA (AP) - Balloons tethered high above the Texas-Mexico border have already assisted Border Patrol agents less than two weeks into their testing period. The captive balloons carry high-tech payloads...
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Agency To Explain Border Fence Construction
RIO GRANDE CITY (AP) - Officials from a U.S. agency that monitors the U.S.-Mexico border are to explain why they’re allowing construction of border fence segments in the Rio Grande flood plain. The...
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U.S. Border Patrol Agent Accused Of Killing Mexican Citizen
LAREDO (AP) – A U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says federal officials are investigating after the Mexican government said a Mexican citizen was killed when an agent patrolling the Rio Grande fired his...
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Man Sentenced For Human Smuggling Via Plane To Texas
MCALLEN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Mexican man has been sentenced to prison for trying to smuggle illegal immigrants onto a charter flight bound for San Antonio from a Texas border airport. U.S. District...
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Game Wardens Seize Nearly $4 Million Worth of Marijuana
AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Nearly four million dollars of marijuana was seized near the U.S. Mexican border on Wednesday. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, game wardens made the grab at...
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U.S. House Panel Tours Texas-Mexico Border
HARLINGEN (AP) - A U.S. House delegation touring the U.S.-Mexico border this week is starting its study in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, is...
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