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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  A Los Fresnos man is awaiting extradition to Kentucky after authorities learned that he was wanted for military desertion.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Mexican authorities have confirmed that soldiers rescued 165 immigrants kidnapped by a drug cartel in a small town across the border from La Joya.

Monday, May 27, 2013  This Memorial Day, Memorial Middle School in Palmview honored one of their own.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  An accused Mexican drug cartel member has pleaded guilty in the killing and wounding of two U.S. agents in Mexico.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Family members of Army Specialist Kevin Cardoza gathered to say their final goodbyes.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Students will be able to pay their final respects in honor of the fallen soldier as the parade continues to every campus across the district.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  The family of Army Specialist Kevin Cardoza will receive his body at the McAllen airport on Monday.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The remains of Army Specialist Kevin Cardoza are back on American soil.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Ashley never imagined her fiancé, Army Specialist Kevin Cardoza of Mercedes, would be killed overseas.

Monday, May 06, 2013  A Rio Grande Valley soldier is among the latest casualties in the war on terror.

Friday, March 22, 2013  Three gunmen are dead following an early morning gun battle south of the border in Nuevo Laredo.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A South Padre Island official was sentenced on Wednesday, two years after killing a Winter Texan on his motorcycle.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Authorities identified a body pulled from a river in Alabama as that of a U.S. Army sergeant from the Rio Grande Valley.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Two drug cartel gunmen are dead Following a shootout south of the border in Nuevo Laredo.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Two gunwomen are among the dead in a gun battle that claimed five lives south of the border in Reynosa.