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Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Border Patrol agents found a body floating in the Rio Grande River on Monday morning.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Murder suspect escapes to Mexico, but gets caught swimming back to the United States.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  While Washington discusses how to help undocumented workers gain legal status, the U.S. Border Patrol is reporting the numbers of apprehensions is growing both nationally and locally.

Friday, December 21, 2012  The Border Patrol began tracking immigrants deaths in 2000 and the data shows an ever increasing number of deaths,  but thankfully rescues are up as well.

Sunday, December 16, 2012  Two men claim they had been set-up to cross speakers carrying heroin across the checkpoint.

Saturday, December 01, 2012  Nine illegal immigrants were found hiding in the cab and bed of a woman's pick-up truck en route to McDonalds.

Sunday, November 25, 2012  A 9-year-old El Salvardorian girl was found wandering through the brush just south of Havana earlier Saturday afternoon.

Thursday, November 08, 2012 

Sunday, September 30, 2012  Brownsville authorities executed three search warrants on Friday, coming back with one major bust.

Friday, April 27, 2012  U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued two illegal aliens Friday morning at a ranch south of Falfurrias.

Sunday, April 22, 2012  Border Patrol is investigating a Saturday accident that sent 12 undocumented immigrants to the hospital.

Saturday, April 07, 2012  Within five days, U.S. Border Patrol agents seized over five tons of marijuana in the Rio Grande Valley.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  Action 4 News investigates whether crimes committed by African warlord Joseph Kony are similar to Mexican drug cartels, which also use child soldiers.

Saturday, February 04, 2012  An Associated Press analysis of Border Patrol records finds that agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  The U.S. Border Patrol has deployed two new rescue beacons that agents say will allow immigrants in distress to call for help.  The Border Patrol’s Irma Chapa tells us how they work in this morning’s Customs and Border Protection report.