Top Trump officials called a small Texas agency last month. They had a strange ask. They wanted Texas to help find lawyers for migrant kids. These kids face deportation. That means they could be sent home. Scott Ehlers runs the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. It is a state group. It

Texas Rangers arrested an ICE agent on Friday. He is charged with shooting a man in a Minneapolis raid. The agent's name is Christian Castro. He is 52 years old. He works for ICE. ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE finds and deports people with no

Federal agents have charged eight men. All eight have ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The charges cover a kidnapping and killing near Dallas. They also cover a separate kidnapping and killing in Chicago. This case matters here. Tren de Aragua has grown into one of the most

A Guatemalan man admitted this week he ran part of a smuggling ring. That ring caused one of the worst tragedies in U.S. history. Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court. His crime helped kill 53 migrants in 2022. They died in a hot trailer in

A 22-year-old Roma man pleaded guilty in federal court to bringing 121 pounds of meth into the U.S. Agents caught him at the Roma Port of Entry at 3 in the morning. Axcel Ediel Marquez crossed the bridge from Miguel Aleman, Mexico on March 8, 2026. He

According to official records obtained by El Tejano, the following details come from a press release and criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. 🚨 At 3:35 in the morning, a box truck pulled into a Border Patrol checkpoint near

According to official records obtained by El Tejano, the following details come from a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. 💐 A Houston florist who worked million-dollar corporate events was hiding money from the IRS. Now she is headed

A 19-year-old from Alton will stay in jail. A judge said no to bond. He is charged with killing three of his own family members. Gaurav Chopra, 19, is accused of shooting his father, his mother, and his grandmother. This happened on June 19, 2026 inside a home

According to official records obtained by El Tejano, the following details come from a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas. 🚨 A man who was already on the sex offender list is going back to federal prison. Jason Doehring is

A Rio Grande City woman is back behind bars. A judge in Cameron County revoked her probation. She was sent back to jail on Monday. Kristina Yadira Roiz, 39, was booked into Starr County jail this week. The Starr County Sheriff's Office made the arrest on a warrant

A former Laredo teacher is going to prison for 33 years. A Webb County jury convicted her on all three charges after two days of trial. Then a judge sentenced her on the spot. Adriana Mariel Rullan taught at Antonio Gonzalez Middle School in Laredo. Her school is part of

A San Antonio man will spend 45 years in prison for killing his former tenant. Peter Balraj was convicted of murder. A judge sentenced him Tuesday in the 290th District Court in Bexar County. The victim was Christopher Vargas, 32. He was found dead at his home in the 3200