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Wednesday, December 14, 2011  A Starr County family is asking for help fearing their teenage daughter may be in one of the most dangerous areas of the Mexican border.

Monday, November 07, 2011  Authorities have arrested a fourth suspect in the shooting of a Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputy.

Thursday, November 03, 2011  A third suspect accused in participating the shooting of a Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputy is out of the hospital and under $3.5 million dollars in bonds.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011  In an open letter to President Barack Obama, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is calling for stronger federal action following drug cartel spillover violence incidents in the Rio Grande Valley and other ares of the Lone Star State.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  They are a band of brothers—so when one gets hurt they all feel it.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  A woman and five men have been charged with possession of marijuana following a deadly shootout Sunday, but more charges could be pending in what Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino is calling the first episode of spillover violence.

Monday, October 31, 2011  Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino is calling Sunday’s shootout the first recorded spillover violence from Mexico.

Friday, July 15, 2011  An accused drug smuggler is behind bars after he and others allegedly used a ladder to throw marijuana over the border fence in a Brownsville neighborhood.