Federal prosecutors filed 263 cases in a single week. All the cases involve border crimes. They were filed between June 19 and June 25, 2026. Two cases hit close to home. Both are from Starr County. Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck runs the Southern District of Texas.

A man tied to the Gulf Cartel is now in a Texas jail. Roberto Bazan-Salinas, 46, known as "Beto," was brought from Mexico to Corpus Christi this month. He pleaded not guilty. His trial is set for August 3, 2026. The feds indicted him more than two

A Rio Grande City man who ran for Starr County Constable is back under arrest. Texas DPS troopers caught Jose Roberto Garza in Hidalgo County on Friday, June 26, 2026. He faces three charges. He was working as a private security agent without a license. He was carrying a weapon

Eric Eliel Pena has been here before. The 32-year-old from Roma is in federal jail right now. No bond. He is charged with running a smuggling ring in Starr County for more than three years. He has been in federal court for the same type of crime before.

A patient file. November 28, 2019. La Jarra Ranch, Raymondville, Texas. A nurse's aide wrote down what she saw. The man was doing fine. "Resident in good spirits, just talking about foods he loves to eat," she wrote. "No abnormal behavior noted throughout shift."

A San Antonio man shot his roommate in the backyard of their shared home. Then he walked away with a beer in his hand. The next day, he walked up to police and told them what he did. Julio Castro is now charged with murder in the death of David

A San Antonio man is in jail. Webb County deputies say he stole a big rig and used it twice to move migrants across South Texas to San Antonio. Hilario C. Ruelas, 44, is charged with four crimes. Deputies caught him in San Antonio on June 8. They drove him

A young man went missing in August 2024. His roommate is now charged with murder. The roommate told cops that another man strangled Jorge Garza Perales. Then they drove the body to a ranch in South Texas and left it there. It took seven months to find Perales. His remains

Deputies in Willacy County stopped a car one Tuesday night in Raymondville. It was a simple traffic stop. It turned into a drug arrest. The driver, Eric Hilario Figueroa, 46, is now in jail. His bond is $70,000. He faces drug charges. Deputies searched the car during the stop.

A man broke into his estranged wife's home on Friday. He shot and killed her. He shot a police officer. Then he killed himself. Two kids inside got out safe. The shooting started around noon in the Red Hawk Ridge neighborhood near Hardy Oak Boulevard in San Antonio.

Cameron County Sheriff's deputies raided a Brownsville home last week. They found two starving dogs inside with no food and no water. They also found 43 THC vape pens and 241 Xanax pills. The man who lived there is Julio Cesar Alada, 38. He now faces drug charges

Texas is fighting back against a flesh-eating pest. Gov. Greg Abbott launched a new website and a big new facility this week. Both are meant to help ranchers and families deal with the New World screwworm. The screwworm is a fly larva. It digs into open wounds on live