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Monitor
April 4, 2018
McALLEN — A Fort Worth woman pleaded guilty to one count of importing a controlled substance Tuesday. Kristina Gentry Almaguer, 48, was in the pedestrian lane at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge on Dec. 23, 2017, when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection canine enforcement officerÃâà...
KGBT-TV
April 2, 2018
The first incident took place on Friday, March 30, when a Border Patrol K-9 alerted to a tractor-trailer driven by a United States citizen at the Falfurrias Checkpoint. According to the release, the vehicle was selected for secondary inspection. Upon inspection, they found a total of 47 bundles of marijuana mixed with pallets ofÃâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
March 23, 2018
Bryan R. Garza. FALFURRIAS — Bryan Rey Garza died March 20, 2018. He was 24. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. March 23 at Funeraria del Angel Howard Williams. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. March 24 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Garza Family Ranch.
KZTV Action 10 News
March 22, 2018
The man who beat his estranged wife to death with a dumbbell is heading to prison. On Tuesday, Eusebio Deleon pleaded guilty to murder and a Jim Wells County jury sentenced him to life in prison. In March 2012, the Falfurrias man beat Erika Cantu Deleon with a five pound dumbbell and wrapped a cordÃâà...
Alice Echo News-Journal
March 20, 2018
For the past four weekends firefighters from all over the Rio Grand Valley, Falfurrias and Premont have taken time out of their schedules to better serve the citizens of their hometowns. ... Association. The Falfurrias Fire Department for the past four years as sent firefighters to this annual training in Edinburg.
Valley morning Star
March 13, 2018
A Falfurrias man who led Brownsville police officers on a chase on Saturday that ended in Los Fresnos is now facing federal drug charges. J. Nicanor Hernandez-Gutierrez, born in 1968, is charged with intentionally possessing with intent to distribute 48 pounds of cocaine, court records show. He is alsoÃâà...
kiiitv.com
March 13, 2018
Falfurrias resident Maria Lemus Trevino turned 108 years old on Tuesday and a big celebration was held at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall. Trevino was born in Mexico on March 13 ... to the U.S. when she was 15 years old. She became a U.S. citizen when she turned 18 and has been in Falfurrias ever since.
KHOU
March 8, 2018
FALFURRIAS, Texas -- Recently published data by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveals a high number of assaults on Border Patrol agents, even though immigrant arrests were down. In the 18 years since signing up with the Border Patrol, Agent Christopher Hamer had never come so close to aÃâà...
Brownsville Herald
March 7, 2018
According to a criminal complaint, the Falfurrias agents received information about a possible caretaker of a stash house named Emerson Herrera-Gonzalez, born in 1984, who was operating the clandestine stop-off point for undocumented immigrants near Valleta Street in Brownsville. Border Patrol beganÃâà...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
March 5, 2018
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. March 4 at Alaniz Funeral Home, Falfurrias. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. March 5 at St. Anne's Cathlic Church. ... A prayer service will be at 7 p.m. March 5 at Alaniz Funeral Home, Falfurrias. Services will be at 10 a.m. March 6 at Alaniz Funeral Home Chapel, Falfurrias.
KRIS Corpus Christi News
December 31, 1999
Border Patrol agents in Falfurrias stopped three human smuggling attempts recently that resulted in the apprehension of 38 illegal aliens. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on March 26, a Border Patrol K9 at the Falfurrias Checkpoint alerted to a tractor-trailer, driven by a United StatesÃâà...
