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Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A Matamoros man is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after he allegedly swam across the Brownsville Ship Channel with more than 98 pounds of marijuana.

Monday, April 23, 2012  Authorities are trying to determine if human bones found on an island in the Brownsville Ship Channel could be those of a missing illegal immigrant.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Routine patrol in Brownsville took a turn for the worse Monday night when Border Patrol agents got the call that illegal immigrants took to the waters of the Brownsville Ship Channel.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  A group of illegal immigrants is in federal custody after one of them almost drowned in the Brownsville Ship Channel.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  Three men are behind bars after authorities allegedly caught them smuggling marijuana aboard raft in Port Isabel.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012  Three illegal immigrants are behind bars after thermal cameras caught them smuggling marijuana near the Brownsville Ship Channel.

Monday, March 14, 2011  When you first arrive at Isla Blanca Park, some might think they are looking at some construction going on.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010  Six men are behind bars after they allegedly tried to smuggle 600 pounds of marijuana in the Brownsville Ship Channel.

Friday, January 15, 2010  Two Rio Grande Valley men are behind bars after they allegedly used a shrimp boat to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

Thursday, July 16, 2009  A Brownsville man is behind bars after he allegedly used a group of Mexican children to help smuggle 351 pounds of marijuana on rafts.

Thursday, July 02, 2009  Cameron County Sheriff's Department deputies say 69-year old-Guadalupe Garza drowned while fishing for crabs in Brownsville ship channel.

Friday, June 12, 2009  Border Patrol agents deflated the plans of alleged smugglers using inflatable rafts to run marijuana from Boca Chica to the Brownsville Ship Channel.

Monday, April 20, 2009  Four men accused of trying to smuggle more than 600 pounds of marijuana in the Brownsville Ship Channel are expected to go to trial on Tuesday.