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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.

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.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  The Texas Department of Public Safety has released the name of the state trooper who fired on a fleeing pickup truck near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two illegal immigrants who were hiding under a blanket in the bed.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra told Action 4 News that he met with DPS officials to review that aerial video from a fatal La Joya chase.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra is scheduled to meet with state police officials investigating the deaths of two Guatemalan immigrants during a fatal chase north of La Joya.

Monday, October 29, 2012  A Guatemalan diplomat has released the identities of two immigrants killed last week when a state police helicopter fired on their smuggler's truck near La Joya.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Texas state police say the trooper who fired from a helicopter at a pickup truck carrying illegal immigrants was trying to disable the speeding vehicle.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Diplomats are investigating the arrest of seven Guatemalans who were fired on by a state police helicopter in Texas during a chase that left two people dead near the Mexico border.

Thursday, October 25, 2012  Two people are dead after a high-speed chase with game wardens and state troopers near La Joya.

Monday, November 28, 2011  A Starr County Sheriff’s Office deputy investigator found himself on the other side of the law after being accused of poaching.

Friday, July 22, 2011  A group of game wardens patrolling the waters of Falcon Lake got a surprise from a Mexican military helicopter earlier this week.

Friday, February 11, 2011  Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens said that for the past few weeks they’ve handing out an unusually high number of citations to fishermen taking home undersized or just too many fish.