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Thursday, September 27, 2012  The victim of an abduction that occurred Tuesday at the University of Pan American campus in Edinburg has been safely recovered and returned to her family.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012  The University of Texas-Pan American Police Department sent an alert out to all students Tuesday evening about a possible kidnapping on campus.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  A South Texas man must serve life in prison without parole for killing his common-law wife and her 12-year-old sister in a fight over his drug use.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  An accused drug dealer and four others are behind bars after allegedly selling cocaine to a man accused of a double murder and kidnapping north of Weslaco.

Monday, May 07, 2012  The man who killed two women, kidnapped another and tried to drown himself afterwards will be arraigned Monday afternoon.

Monday, May 07, 2012  The man, involved in stabbing two women to death and kidnapping another, is behind bars after authorities found him in a sewer pond Sunday night attempting to drown himself.

Sunday, May 06, 2012  Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño release more information Sunday afternoon about the two women who were found dead in a home north of Weslaco.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012  Authorities are searching for two armed men who allegedly robbed a cell phone store in Weslaco.

Monday, October 25, 2010  He was on the run for almost a year but sex trafficking suspect Benito Vargas is now behind bars south of the border.

Monday, February 01, 2010  The promise of a better life  turned into a nightmare for a 16-year-old Mexican girl who trusted a Valley man accused of enslaving and raping her.

Thursday, July 30, 2009  Pharr police made new appeals to the public Wednesday over a brutal hit and run accident.