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Friday, June 14, 2013  Unconfirmed police reports say an estimated 15 illegals were involved in this crash.

Sunday, June 09, 2013  Authorities are searching for a group of illegal immigrants after they allegedly bailed out of a car next to a crowded shopping center.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Mexican authorities have confirmed that soldiers rescued 165 immigrants kidnapped by a drug cartel in a small town across the border from La Joya.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  Authorities demolished an unsanitary stash house on Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  It was a high-dollar human smuggling scheme that spanned the globe.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  Authorities are looking for two men who lead Rio Grande City police on a chase and left 21 illegal immigrants inside their SUV.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Authorities are investigating an immigrant chase that ended when the driver crashed her SUV into a tree in Mission.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Authorities temporarily placed an Edinburg elementary school under lockdown after several illegal immigrants fled from Border Patrol agents in the area.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Senator John Cornyn visited Brooks County today to hear issues ranchers and authorities in the area are facing with the influx of immigrants making their way 60 miles north of the border.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Two men are on the run after they led Mission police on a high speed chase through the 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 30, 2013  Authorities are investigating a human smuggling ring responsible for stashing 97 illegal immigrants at an Edinburg apartment complex.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Border Patrol agents spent Monday criss-crossing the Rio Grande Valley raiding five stash houses with 230 immigrants in just 12 hours time.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Immigration will be the topic of discussion of a Tuesday morning forum with three congressmen at the University of Texas at Brownsville.