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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Suspected drug smuggler is currently being held without bond.

Friday, April 05, 2013  U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers caught the man after he attempted to cross the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Federal officials are assuring the public that the federal budget sequestration will not affect wait times at international bridges with Mexico during Semana Santa.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  An American woman who was living in Guadalajara is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after she allegedly tried to smuggle six bottles with liquid meth into the United States.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  A Houston area woman is behind bars after she allegedly tried to smuggle a 4-month-old baby into the United States.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  An Edinburg native accused of vandalizing a Pablo Picasso painting, in an act caught on cellphone video, has been ordered jailed on $500,000 bonds.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  A man was trying to cross the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge when authorities discovered he was trying to smuggle 25 bundles of cash.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  A man accused of vandalizing a Picasso painting in Houston is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley where he's facing extradition back up north.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  An Edinburg woman is behind bars after authorities allegedly found more than $100,000 dollars in her purse, under her clothes and in her luggage.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  A McAllen man is behind bars for smuggling meth but claims members of drug cartel beat him and forced him to do it.

Sunday, November 11, 2012  A Pharr woman was arrested for attempting to cross a little girl from El Salvador across the border.

Monday, October 01, 2012  A man accused of sexually abusing a child in Hidalgo County is behind bars after more than 19 years on the run.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  An Edinburg woman is behind bars after being arrested for smuggling a baby she was supposed to deliver to a local Burger King.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  A Rio Grande Valley man is behind bars where he claims he was forced to smuggle more than $52,000 dollars worth of heroin by men he met at a bar in Reynosa.

Friday, April 20, 2012  A Reynosa man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggling more than $1.7 million dollars worth of cocaine into the United States.