RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — A Texas appellate court has struck down a lawsuit seeking to close two rural voting locations for an upcoming school board election. Residents claim the case was an effort to rig the local school board election.
McALLEN, Texas — Two community leaders have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Texas border officials from pushing for the creation of a new tax jurisdiction on some of the poorest Texans via allegedly questionable election procedures.
DONNA, Texas — The police chief for the Donna school district that has a long history of alleged corruption is now on the receiving end of a lawsuit, accusing him of fabricating cases against political rivals.
MCALLEN, Texas — Members of a political watchdog group are calling out the tactics being used by public officials in the border county of Hidalgo to ensure a new taxing entity wins voter approval.
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — A Texas border cop is believed to have helped dispose of weapons and vests used for kidnappings and murder on behalf of a Mexican cartel-linked criminal organization.
A maintenance worker assigned to the police department in this border city has been arrested for using his government vehicle to move four kilograms of cocaine.
Raging cartel violence, widespread corruption, human rights abuses and a tanking economy have made Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto one of the most vilified figures in that nation’s recent history.
A recent poll found Pena Nieto’s approval rating at its lowest ever with 80 percent holding a negative view of the president, Mexico’s Animal Politico reported. When the pollsters asked to rate Peña Nieto’s performance on a scale of 0-10, the average score was only 3.9 points. The trend has intensified in recent months with his approval tanking from 30 percent in April to the current low of 23.
EDINBURG, Texas — Community organizers for higher taxes were accused of lying to low income voters to when pushing a petition for ballot access. Despite the validity of some signatures being questioned, county officials accepted them and voted to include the proposal in the November General Election.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – El ex alcalde de esta ciudad fronteriza ha caído en otro de sus desvaríos delirantes afirmando que el decomiso de los bienes por el gobierno de Estados Unidos no es más que un ataque de los medios de comunicación. El ex alcalde llamó aberrante que los funcionarios de otro país estén auditando al gobierno de México.
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The former mayor of this border city has gone on another of his delusional rants claiming that the seizure of assets by the U.S. government is nothing more than a media attack. The former mayor called it “abhorrent” that officials from another country were auditing the government of Mexico.
McALLEN, Texas — A local ballot measure supported by Hillary Clinton donors hopes to levy a new tax on one of the poorest regions in the country in the spirit of improved public health.
Two Texas border politicians have pleaded guilty to bribery in connection with various contracts in Crystal City. Several other politicians are still awaiting trial in the case.
MCALLEN, Texas — Two members of a school board with a long history of corruption and misspending of government funds have been sent to prison for extortion and bribery.
A Texas border politician has pleaded guilty for her role in helping set up and run a network of illegal casinos in the South Texas town where she held office. On Monday morning, Leticia Hernandez Garza aka Letty Garza appeared before U.S. District Judge
A fugitive of the U.S. Department of Justice and former governor from the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas came out to a public polling booth in Mexico to vote for the members of his party.
A Texas cop form the border city of Mission remains in federal custody accused of trying to cover up for another cop from his department who has been charged with stealing drugs from traffickers.
A federal agent, various police officers and a mixed martial arts promoter have all been charged in connection a complex scheme to steal drugs from smugglers. The conspiracy involved officers from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston.
A State District Judge in this border city has shocked residents by suspending the sentence of a local border judge previously convicted of bribery. Instead of spending 5 years in prison the corrupt former judge will serve 30 days in jail and serve the rest under probation.
MCALLEN, Texas — A Texas border woman is facing federal charges in connection with false allegations that she allegedly made about a federal agent taking bribes from drug traffickers.
A Texas border school board with a long history of corruption has just been delivered its most recent scandal after a federal jury found that four of its board members had used their position in order to carry out political vendettas.
The director of the City of Hidalgo Housing Authority and her secretary have been sentenced to prison for demanding bribes in exchange for providing government funded housing.
Two Mexican doctors who operated a clinic in the Mexican border city of Reynosa are facing federal charges in the U.S. in connection with a fraud scheme that they allegedly ran for more than 10 years.
A Texas border police chief and one of his top officers have been formally arrested in in connection with marijuana that was alleged to have been stolen from the police department’s evidence locker. The drug was allegedly mixed with alcohol to make a homemade remedy for joint pain.
MCALLEN, Texas — An officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is facing federal bribery and computer misuse charges following his Thursday morning arrest.
The Texas Rangers have begun an investigation into border law enforcement officials over cash evidence missing from the vault.
Two members from a Texas border school district have been convicted on federal bribery charges for taking money in exchange for contracts.
A city councilman from the border city of Crystal City is facing human smuggling charges after federal agents allegedly found three illegal aliens in his truck.
The county tax assessor, her staff and several other individuals have all been arrested in connection with a massive border corruption and embezzlement scheme linked to the theft of more $700,000 in taxpayer money. The charges include tampering with government records, theft by a public servant, forgery, organized criminal activity and more.
Arizona state police arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent following a traffic stop where they found four suitcases with 50 bricks of cocaine. The agent said was traveling to Chicago where he was going to receive $50,000 for the trip.
EAGLE PASS, Texas — A Texas border sheriff has kicked off an investigation into his predecessor after discovering that approximately $700,000 in forfeiture funds went missing under his predecessors term. The investigation is taking place in Maverick County, a border region with a rich history of public corruption.
A Mexican drug cartel had a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer working for them at an international port of entry in this border city. That U.S. federal officer will be spending six and a half years in prison for using his badge to help cartel drug smugglers get their loads into America.
DONNA, Texas—The political witch-hunt started by a corrupt school board in this border city continues to fall apart exposing a series of conspiracies, fabricated scandals, and vendettas aimed at spending tax-payers money in one of the poorest districts in the nation.
A police commander and a school principal getting arrested on separate charges are two of the most recent scandals to hit a Texas border school that has become synonymous with collusion, conspiracy, and corruption.
A former justice of the peace in the border city of Laredo and a former bail bondsman have been sentenced to prison for using their position to extort bribes out of prisoners.
A former police officer in this local border city will spend a year in prison for having a woman perform oral sex so he wouldn’t arrest her.
A political witch hunt in corrupt Texas border school district has begun to fall apart. The most recent turn of events in the saga of Donna ISD came on Thursday afternoon when a Grand Jury in Hidalgo County no-billed Superintendent Jesus Rene Reyna and Board Member Ernesto Lugo clearing their names of the charges that had been made up by their political rivals.
In one of the poorest counties in the nation, Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton and her supporters are set to hold a lavish banquet. Hidalgo County is home to some of the nation’s poorest families, many of whom would not ever be able to afford to attend.
A Texas border cop targeted by a witch hunt that resulted in his wrongful arrest has filed suit that describes conspiracies, favors, and corruption. The suit was filed in federal court against the former police chief, his lackeys, the former city manager, former city commissioners, the municipal judge, and the city.
An officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces federal charges for allegedly helping a previously convicted felon and other illegal immigrants enter the country through his post at one of the international bridges in El Paso.
A Texas police officer has been arrested and charged in connection with a complex scheme to steal several kilograms of cocaine while claiming to make a large drug bust.
