Two suspects, Tamya Jones and Shmair Williams, were arrested Wednesday morning after TSA agents and a K‑9 unit uncovered nearly 92 pounds of cocaine hidden in four suitcases at Valley International Airport in Harlingen. The bags were found during a routine baggage inspection before a flight to Houston, and investigators say the drugs were sealed in vacuum‑packed bundles wrapped in blankets and pillows.

On Tuesday, agents of the Customs and Border Protection Office arrested José Manuel Azpeitia Castillo at the Hidalgo entry port while he was crossing from Mexico to the U.S., after a report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. On his phone they found 600 videos of child sexual abuse and Telegram chats about minors. Valley residents will want to know that the arrest took place in Hidalgo.

The federal government filed a motion on September 3 seeking to dismiss a lawsuit that attorney Raed Gonzalez filed on February 18 on behalf of the Donna family after ICE agents raided their home on the morning of January 9. The complaint alleges Fourth and Fifth Amendment violations and names ICE, DHS and former officials as defendants. A status hearing is set for November 19 at 10 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Randy Crane.

For the second time in two weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday said migrants were found in locked train rail cars in the South Texas border down of Del Rio.

A new report from the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General found that some immigration detainees at the now-shuttered Alligator Alcatraz facility were confined to outdoor cages just slightly larger than phone booths for more than an hour at a time.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $25 million in methamphetamine concealed inside a shipment of cabbage, tomatillo and cilantro at the Pharr International Bridge on Sept. 8. A tractor‑trailer coming from Reynosa, Mexico, was sent to secondary inspection, where a physical search uncovered 1,164 packages weighing a total of 2,815.30 pounds. The seized narcotics are valued at about $25.2 million.

In rural Hidalgo County, a group of 19 women gathered for a 12‑week Strengthening Families class, a faith‑based program aimed at helping parents in colonias heal trauma and improve parenting. Participants discussed recent ICE vehicle sightings in the colonias, with one woman urging others to keep headlights and brake lights fully functional to avoid drawing attention, as the organization has recently seen about 238 arrests.

A federal judge on Thursday recommended that border wall construction near the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge remain paused until trespassing claims against the government’s construction contractors are resolved.

A 27‑year‑old McAllen man, Jose Manuel Lopez‑Silva, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for directing teenage drivers in a long‑term smuggling operation that involved several high‑speed pursuits, one of which resulted in three deaths, including a minor, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release. The release said he recruited drivers as young as 14, used social media to coordinate pick‑up