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Yesterday at 7:34 PM  A South Padre Island man is behind bars after he allegedly held a woman against her will a gunpoint, beat her and raped her in a two-day period.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  More than 800 pounds of marijuana is off the streets following a drug chase were the driver swam to Mexico.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Four teens are back in custody after escaping a juvenile facility near Bayview and going to South Padre Island.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Game wardens with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  A woman is back behind bars months after she escaped from the custody of San Benito police at a local hospital.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A teenager is facing criminal charges some two weeks after he escaped and a 16-year-old boy both escaped from facility for troubled teens.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Authorities are on a alert following a jail break south of the border in Miguel Aleman, a city just across the border from Roma.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  A Christmas Eve shooting suspect is facing new charges after pushing a San Juan police officer to the ground during an overnight escape attempt.

Saturday, December 15, 2012  Primera police are searching for a man that complained he had chest pains during an arrest and escaped from the hospital.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Authorities are confirming that four out of 132 escaped inmates from a prison in Piedras Negras are dead while another nine have been captured.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  A Gulf cartel boss who once threatened two U.S. agents in Mexico with his assault rifle has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for trying to bribe his way to safe release.

Monday, October 01, 2012  Several prisoners who escaped from a jail in Piedras Negras are back in custody after being arrested in Nuevo Laredo.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Officials with the Texas Department of State Health Services are making some security changes to a mental health facility in Harlingen.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  Authorities have confirmed a second escape in one day's time at a mental health facility in Harlingen.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  The search for a man who escaped from a Harlingen mental health facility ended with a dramatic rescue in the waters of the Arroyo Colorado.