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Monday, February 06, 2012  A Mission teenager is behind bars tonight, police accuse of him of hijacking a car with a four-year-old toddler still inside, then leading officers on a chase.

Monday, July 18, 2011  American officials are reiterating a Tamaulipas travel warning after reports that at least three passengers buses were hijacked south of the border in San Fernando.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  Mexican media outlets are reporting that two of the 59 bodies found in eight mass graves in San Fernando, Tamaulipas.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  Action 4 News has posted RAW VIDEO of authorities at a Matamoros forensic center unloading 59 bodies taken from eight mass graves in San Fernando.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  Mexican officials are investigating if 59 bodies found in eight mass graves near San Fernando of those of immigrants kidnapped from hijacked passenger buses.

Thursday, October 14, 2010  UTB's Catholic Campus Ministry held a special service to remember a freshman who was killed after cartel members allegedly hijacked a bus headed to Ciudad Mante.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  A 18-year-old freshman at the University of Texas at Brownsville is dead following an incident where cartel members allegedly hijacked a bus in Mexico.

Friday, May 14, 2010  An alleged human smuggler is recovering in a local hospital after shooting himself in the leg near Peñitas.