This predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being forced to pull over on their route, searched, and, in some cases, arrested.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that at the southern Texas entry ports a recent increase has been recorded in the number of people who, when crossing the border, leave the inspection area.

The lawyer asks to keep the van and the black box after the crash with a Border Patrol unit. Learn what the family is requesting.

The 44‑year‑old man, who was in possession of a valid border‑crossing card, was turned over to National Security Investigations after being detained.

The latest episode of Border Report Live features efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand detention facilities, and how some states and cities are pushing back. As well as border security operations, and the malfunctioning of an Army Chinook CH-47 helicopter in McAllen, Texs.

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A smuggler transported three migrants from Port Mansfield to Corpus Christi last week in a “speedboat-style vessel,” according to a criminal complaint against him. Along with the migrants, Alec Ray Foss, 28, of Corpus Christi had a pistol, a semi-automatic rifle and four pipe bombs in his boat. “That seems to [...]

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A smuggler transported three migrants from Port Mansfield to Corpus Christi last week in a “speedboat-style vessel,” according to a criminal complaint against him. Along with the migrants, Alec Ray Foss, 28, of Corpus Christi had a pistol, a semi-automatic rifle and four pipe bombs in his boat. “That seems to [...]

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On Tuesday morning, when he appeared before a judge for sentencing, Jacob Lix Par said Border Patrol saved his life. Jacob Lix Par, 41, of Guatemala lived in Houston for about 20 years. In 2025, however, the Houston Police Department arrested Lix on a misdemeanor charge — and he was deported. [...]

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On Tuesday morning, when he appeared before a judge for sentencing, Jacob Lix Par said Border Patrol saved his life. Jacob Lix Par, 41, of Guatemala lived in Houston for about 20 years. In 2025, however, the Houston Police Department arrested Lix on a misdemeanor charge — and he was deported. [...]

A 32-year-old ICE agent from McAllen faces charges of elder abuse, assault, and battery after allegedly attacking a 72-year-old homeowner and his daughter in Fresno, California, before being shot by the homeowner.

An Army Chinook helicopter that was part of new border patrols over the Rio Grande Valley encountered mechnical troubles, according to an Army report.

An Army Chinook helicopter that was part of new border patrols over the Rio Grande Valley encountered mechnical troubles, according to an Army report.

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man who climbed the border wall near Hidalgo was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Tuesday. Edgar Guadalupe Cruz Velasco, 48, of Mexico illegally crossed the Rio Grande in May and climbed the border wall near Hidalgo. “I fell from the wall, from 16 feet up,” said [...]

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man who climbed the border wall near Hidalgo was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Tuesday. Edgar Guadalupe Cruz Velasco, 48, of Mexico illegally crossed the Rio Grande in May and climbed the border wall near Hidalgo. “I fell from the wall, from 16 feet up,” said [...]

In Roma, Texas, Army Lt. Col. Ray Richards showed a formerly busy crossing on the Rio Grande now quiet after the Army shifted hundreds of troops to the area this month, following a surge in cartel activity. Soldiers, a Blackhawk‑deployed infantry unit and Border Patrol boats now patrol the river, and the Coast Guard recently returned fire after gunshots from the Mexican side, a development that local residents see as a heightened security presence.

The Army has been inviting reporters to see the area that once was the epicenter of illegal crossings to showcase its progress in stemming the flow. But some experts question the need for the surge and suggest it's more for show just weeks before the midterm elections.

HIDALGO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A mysterious fuel depot in Hidalgo may be linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. In August, the Texas Department of Public Safety stopped a tanker truck near the intersection of South 10th Street and Bales Road. The trucker had just picked up about 7,300 gallons of ethanol from a fuel [...]

The tiny South Texas town of San Ygnacio held a townhall celebration for the halting of border wall construction on the banks of the Rio Grande in rural Zapata County, at least for now.

The tiny South Texas town of San Ygnacio held a townhall celebration for the halting of border wall construction on the banks of the Rio Grande in rural Zapata County, at least for now.

The Trump administration is pushing a $46 billion border‑wall project across Texas’ Big Bend region, but a federal judge has now paused construction after landowners sued and refused to cooperate with surveyors. The pause halts the government’s plan to force the wall through despite waived environmental protections, giving owners a major boost in their legal fight.

RUIDOSA, Texas (AP) — The message from the Trump administration has been clear: It is moving ahead with a $46 billion border wall project stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. But in Texas’ Big Bend region, the administration has run up against intense opposition from landowners, many of whom are unwilling [...]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly $800,000 worth of alleged cocaine at the Hidalgo International Bridge on Sept. 27 after a black Chevrolet truck from Reynosa was sent to secondary inspection. Non‑intrusive equipment and a K‑9 team detected anomalies and the scent of narcotics, leading officers to recover 22 packages totaling about 60 pounds. Homeland Security Investigations agents opened a criminal investigation.