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Wednesday, May 22, 2013  Video that allegedly shows La Joya Independent School District board members and Palmview city employees discussing illegal cash contributions was revealed to the media today.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Two former Department of Homeland Security employees have been indicted in a scheme to fake investigative documents in order to cover up a lack of progress on cases in their McAllen office.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Forty-eight hours after Mission police identified the body found in a canal over the weekend as 17-year-old Aaron Juan Garcia, the teen's family spoke out to Action 4 News.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Over one month after 17-year-old Aaron Juan Garcia went missing in Mission, police have now identified him as the person pulled from a canal over the weekend.

Monday, January 21, 2013  It's been 6 weeks since Juan Aaron Garcia went missing, but his family is not loosing hope in finding him.

Friday, January 18, 2013  Mission police are searching a canal in hopes of finding a 17-year-old who has been missing since December.

Monday, January 14, 2013  A former federal agent found himself on the other side of law after being accused of falsifying records in an investigation against a customs officer.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  A 14-year-old driver whose high-speed flight from authorities near the Texas-Mexico border ended with two Guatemalan immigrants being shot to death by a trooper in a helicopter has been recaptured after he failed to appear in court.

Friday, December 07, 2012  It is all laid out in black and white, Domingo Hinojosa told Action 4 News. As he flips through the pages of numbers line up in columns—Hinojosa says the Hidalgo County audit conducted on the department is not factual.

Friday, November 16, 2012  The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking to block a request for dashcam video and radio communications in a fatal immigrant chase north of La Joya.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Elections Administrator Yvonne Ramon told Action 4 News they are only about 6,000 votes shy of surpassing a record set in 2008.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Halloween excitement is buzzing throughout the Rio Grande Valley. But families are not the only ones preparing for the night of ghosts, goblins, and trick-or-treating.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Hidalgo County is on pace to break early voting records established during the last presidential election, according to the elections administrator.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  Melinda Gilman Gonzalez, 32, recently resigned from her post at the Cameron County District Clerk's Office, following her arrest for alleged tampering with government records and theft.

Monday, August 13, 2012  It was more than $7,500 stolen during a five month period – from March until late July – which Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said 32-year-old Melinda Gilman Gonzalez pocketed for her own personal use.