German Tanguma was arrested July 16, 2026, at the Hidalgo International Port of Entry. He was trying to walk into the United States. Agents stopped him right at the bridge. It ties back to a June 6, 2026 shooting in Combes. That is a small town in Cameron County. The

A 20-year-old man is now in jail. Houston Police say he shot and killed a man in a parking lot last year. Police arrested Arentheis Winn in Galveston County. He faces a capital murder charge. That is the most serious murder charge in Texas. It can carry the

A Laredo man will spend seven years in federal prison. He had guns he was never allowed to own. Raymond Gutierrez, 55, pleaded guilty last year. A federal judge in the Southern District of Texas sentenced him this week. U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos handed down the sentence.

A Roma man once went to federal prison for smuggling migrants. Now he is accused of doing it again. Federal agents say Celso Ivan Rios-Avalos used his own event hall to move six people. The six had crossed the border illegally. This is not Rios's first run-

A Texas Ranger has charged a former Starr County Juvenile Justice Center guard with faking safety checks. The checks were faked on the night a teen died in his cell. Bladimir Alaniz worked as a juvenile supervision officer at the lockup. Court papers say he wrote down cell checks that

A Starr County man is accused of contacting a woman he was ordered to stay away from. Benito Reyes is charged with Violation of a Protective Order, a Class A misdemeanor in Texas. The charge comes from a sworn complaint. It says Reyes reached out to Noemi Perez while an

A jury found Jesse Gladney guilty of murder. He killed his girlfriend, Valarie Garcia. He shot her inside a car in 2024. Last week, a judge gave him his sentence. Gladney will spend the rest of his life in prison. He will never get out on parole. Gladney is 38

A 27 year old McAllen woman is heading to trial. She is accused of killing a man with her car in Alamo earlier this year. A grand jury indicted Paola Monserrat Reyes on June 30. She faces a charge called intoxication manslaughter. That means police say she drove drunk and

A Laredo man pleaded guilty this week. He got a lesser charge. He was sentenced just two days after he turned himself in to police. Guillermo Duran-Navarro is 33. He walked into the Webb County Jail on his own. This was Monday, July 27. Jail records show deputies booked

Experts gave Texas leaders a hard warning this week. They said some Chinese apps may move money for drug cartels. The warning came at a hearing. It was on Thursday, July 30. The Texas House Committee on Homeland Security held the meeting. This panel also covers public safety and veterans&

A jury in Tarrant County sent a Fort Worth man to death row. Jason Alan Thornburg was 44 years old at trial. He killed three people in September 2021. He told police that God told him to do it. This case matters far past Fort Worth. It took months to

Federal agents want to keep a Houston teen locked up. ICE placed an immigration hold on him in late July. His name is Jefferson Velasquez. He is 18 years old. He is charged with murder in two Houston shootings. A judge already said no to bond on one of the