Recent Headlines from Mexico and the Border

A 58-year-old man wanted in a Tennessee child pornography case is behind bars after being arrested at an international bridge in Brownsville.  

Two Brownsville man are facing criminal charges after they allegedly tried to smuggle $596,000 dollars worth of cocaine in two separate cases.

A woman faced a federal  judge in Brownsville after she allegedly tried to smuggle her common law husband in the trunk of her car.

Three Houston women and a 21-year-old man faced a federal judge after being arrested in a scheme to smuggle $2.2 million dollars worth of cocaine into the United States.

Two women got 50 hours community service, one-year's probation and a $10 fee after they allegedly tried to help smuggle an immigrant at a Brownsville bridge.

A former U.S. Customs officer has pleaded guilty to bribery, cocaine trafficking and illegal immigrant smuggling.

Customs inspectors in Laredo caught a 31-year-old Mexican woman trying to enter the U.S. hidden inside a suitcase.

More than 8,000 teachers on the Mexican side of the border are expected to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu.

Two men are behind bars after customs officers allegedly found $1.1 million dollars worth of cocaine in their cars over the Veterans Day holiday.

A Houston man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggle $3.9 million dollars worth of heroin inside the driveshaft of his truck.

The U.S. government has agreed to build a removable border fence segment between the Rio Grande and a Brownsville's Hope Park.

A Brownsville man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggle four high-powered assault rifles and accessories into Mexico.

A former Brownsville customs officer got 11 years and three months in prison for his role in a bribery, drug and immigrant smuggling scheme.

Mexican authoirities said an off-duty air force sergeant is among six people shot and killed in a Ciudad Juarez strip club.

Court documents released on Wednesday revealed new details regarding the October 29th arrest of a Brownsville customs officer.

A Weslaco woman jailed for smuggling heroin in her car battery was on probation for a marijuana smuggling case at the time of her arrest.

A Matamoros mother remains behind bars while authorities wait on autopsy results to determine the cause of year 8-year-old daughter's death.

A news reporter who wrote about violent drug crimes has been strangled in the northern Mexican state of Durango.

A Brownsville customs officer resigned from his post after being arrested for his alleged role in an immigrant smuggling scheme.

A defective license plate light led authorities to more than seven pounds of cocaine headed to Dallas.