Customs and Border Protection reported a 53 percent increase in seizures of fentanyl along the southern border in November.
Federal prosecutors say an illegal alien supplied methamphetamine and heroin for a drug ring based in Corpus Christi.
A 43-year-old convicted felon from California and a 53-year-old convict from Mexico received decades-long prison sentences.
Republican Cassy Garcia said the campaign donation, which was made over 15 years ago, is “part of a troubling pattern.”
The four men were involved in trafficking illegal narcotics, including a former high-ranking official in the Mexican government.
Through border security measures, Texas law enforcement has seized enough fentanyl to cause hundreds of millions of deadly overdoses.
Jorge Costilla-Sanchez was first arrested in 2012 by Mexican officials at the request of the U.S. government.
An undercover federal agent gave the lawyer a black backpack with tens of thousands of dollars in cash to launder.
The commissioners court unanimously approved a document urging Governor Greg Abbott to order deportations by the state government.
