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Thursday, November 01, 2012  A grand jury indicted eight people in the July murder of a man after who was kidnapped from a Brownsville restaurant during lunch.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Authorities have arrested the eighth suspect in the kidnapping and murder of a man taken from from a Brownsville restaurant.

Saturday, August 11, 2012  The Brownsville Police Department has made two more arrests in connection to the kidnapping murder near Rancho Viejo.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  Authorities have dropped a murder charged filed against a man who was arrested in connection to a drug-related kidnapping in Brownsville.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  A once steady business, Mariscos Playa Azul is now abandoned with just a "For Rent" sign out in front.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  Two more suspects are behind bars for the kidnapping and murder of a man at a west Brownsville restaurant.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  A second suspect wanted for the brutal kidnapping and murder of a Brownsville man is behind bars and back in the Rio Grande Valley.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  Authorities have arrested a second suspect in a recent drug-related kidnapping and murder that happened in Brownsville.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  A facial tattoo may have betrayed the first suspect arrested in a drug-related kidnapping where authorities later found the body of the victim in Rancho Viejo.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  Authorities are now confirming that there is a Matamoros connection to the armed kidnapping and murder of a Brownsville man.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  Authorities have released a copy of a 911 call revealing chilling new details in the kidnapping and murder of a Brownsville man.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  A slew of authorities, from the local and federal level, surrounded Roberta Road off Expressway 77 in Brownsville Wednesday, after the body of 22-year-old Reyes Gilberto Bocanegra was found in the back seat of his white Tahoe.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  A man reportedly kidnapped outside a restaurant on Brownsville's westside has been found dead in his own vehicle near Rancho Viejo.