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Saturday, April 06, 2013  Border Patrol agents caught five juveniles and three adults attempting to smuggle over 300 pounds of drugs through a canal tunnel.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Authorities are confirming that four out of 132 escaped inmates from a prison in Piedras Negras are dead while another nine have been captured.

Monday, October 01, 2012  Several prisoners who escaped from a jail in Piedras Negras are back in custody after being arrested in Nuevo Laredo.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Authorities say 132 inmates have escaped from a jail in Piedras Negras, sparking a search by federal police and soldiers in an area close to the U.S. border.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  The director and eight guards at a Tamaulipas state prison in Reynosa may be facing criminal charges following a jailbreak where 17 inmates escaped in a tunnel.

Thursday, November 04, 2010  Authorities have seized more than 20 tons of marijuana found in a 'drug tunnel' that linked warehouses in Tijuana and San Diego.