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Yesterday at 5:08 PM  A Brownsville woman is facing criminal charges after being accused of taking part in an $8,500 scheme to smuggle a Central American child to Virginia.

Monday, May 06, 2013  U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is scheduled to discuss security and trade matters with local law enforcement and business officials in Rio Grande City.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  A father and son were caught trying to smuggle two Mexican nationals under sleeping bags.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Authorities are increasingly finding large amounts of illegal immigrants in what is known as a stash house, a place human smugglers keep undocumented immigrants after they cross the Mexico/United States border illegally.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A New Jersey mother is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after she allegedly smuggled a Guatemalan child in order to help pay her daughter’s quinceanera.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggle six illegal immigrants in the parking lot of a busy movie theater in Rio Grande City.

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.

Monday, March 25, 2013  The teen allegedly behind the wheel in a deadly crash that killed nine illegal immigrants last April went before an Hidalgo County district judge Monday who will decide if he will be tried as an adult.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Two men have received tougher sentences for smuggling illegal immigrants because they raped some of the women they were holding at stash houses in the Rio Grande Valley.

Friday, March 22, 2013  A seventh suspected illegal immigrant has died after a pickup truck crammed with 15 people wrecked during a police chase in South Texas.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Some 63 illegal immigrants are in custody and being processed for deportation after two traffic stops and two raids in San Juan.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A Brownsville man is behind bars after authorities allegedly found 10 illegal immigrants at his home near the Rio Grande River.

Sunday, March 10, 2013  A man is facing human smuggling charges after he was caught with five illegal immigrants in his car.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  An Alamo man is behind bars after authorities allegedly found 79 immigrants inside a mobile home without running water or light.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  One person is being held for questioning after an illegal immigrant chase that ended with a crash at an orchard where workers were picking grapefruit.