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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, 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.

Friday, November 02, 2012  State officials are asking the FBI and U.S. Justice Department to conduct an independent investigation of a fatal chase that claimed the lives of two Guatemalan immigrants north of La Joya.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Civil rights groups are demanding justice for two Guatemalan immigrants killed by gunfire from a state police helicopter during a chase north of La Joya.

Monday, February 06, 2012  A congressman's lawyer says the Texas attorney general has agreed to a temporary voting map that could keep the April 3 date for primary elections in Texas.