Each defendant could face life imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of human smuggling resulting in death.
After rainstorms across the state on Monday, early voting turnout is lower more than it already would be compared with 2020.
Firefighters and border agents also rescued an illegal alien stuck on top of the wall after he tried to climb over using a rope ladder.
A businessman sued Democratic Rep. Sergio Muñoz Jr. in 2014 and accused him of legal malpractice and failing to reveal conflicts of interest.
The 48-year-old Mission resident pleaded guilty to accepting a $15,000 bribe from a Mexican drug trafficking organization.
The Pharr resident faces a prison sentence of up to five years and a $250,000 fine.
This week — Beto O’Rourke is down double digits in a new poll, a Hidalgo County judge invites the president to the border, and a lawmaker objects to an invite extended to Disney.
The conviction is connected to a bribery scheme that implicated several public officials in Hidalgo County.
CBP also responded after a “caretaker” at a stash house reportedly threatened a group of illegal aliens with a knife.
Border police say the 24-year-old man, who had a conviction in Harris County for a sex offense against a teen, lied about his identity.
Officials in Laredo, El Paso, and Hidalgo County disregarded new CDC guidelines after previously using agency warnings to ramp up protocols.
The Texas legislature passed over $1 billion in funding for the wall during a special session earlier this year.
