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Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Two men are facing criminal charges after Border Patrol agents allegedly caught them  with 13 illegal immigrants from four different countries cramped into a mini-van.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  While Washington discusses how to help undocumented workers gain legal status, the U.S. Border Patrol is reporting the numbers of apprehensions is growing both nationally and locally.

Friday, December 21, 2012  Border Patrol said non-Mexican illegal immigrants are accounting for a slender majority of the agency's apprehensions in South Texas.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  When school is out --police departments tend to see an increase in calls about runaway teens.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  A 22-year old was arrested after Border Patrol agents discovered he was trying to smuggle 21 undocumented aliens in a van.

Friday, December 30, 2011  A mother and her 4-year-old son were reunited by U.S. Border Patrol agents and the Alton Police Department Thursday after being separated by a smuggler.

Thursday, July 07, 2011  A Cameron Park couple is behind bars after authorities allegedly learned that they were using their home to smuggle children from Central America.

Monday, May 02, 2011  In 1991, Chris Castillo had to bury his 52 year old mother Pilar. The Brownsville registered nurse had moved to Houston where she was the President of the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce and served on a review board for the Houston Police Department.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  A Crime Stoppers tip lead police to a Mission home where authorities found 40 illegal immigrants from Honduras inside.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009  Authorities have linked three men jailed in the Rio Grande Valley with the kidnapping, ransom and abuse of hundreds of immigrants in Reynosa.

Friday, July 03, 2009  Members of the Southwest Workers' Union staged a demonstration to call for democracy in Honduras following a military coup.

Monday, May 04, 2009  A Harlingen family issued a Call 4 Action after their mother was killed in Honduras and they are having a hard time getting her body back.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008  Tropical Depression 16 formed in the Caribbean Tuesday morning but some of its effects could hit the Rio Grande Valley.