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• Brooks Co. To Receive Funds to Help with Immigration Expenses Play Video

  April 12, 2019 6:09 PM

  WESLACO - Brooks County is getting new equipment to respond to immigration issues in their area. Judge Eric Ramos says the money comes from the state. "We just go approved for $110,000… about $55,000 for the work, the actual work going out, recovering the bodies, bringing them in... more »

• Brooks Co. Judge Speaks on Funding for Recovery of Immigrant Remains Play Video

  April 11, 2019 10:43 PM

  NEAR FALFURRIAS – The Brooks County judge says about $14,000 of county funds goes to the recovery of immigrant bodies or remains. This includes the recovery, identification and autopsies performed on immigrant bodies found. Judge Eric Ramos believes federal reimbursement will help the community with much-needed medical expenses.... more »

• Valley Families Burying Loved Ones for a Second Time Play Video

  February 7, 2019 6:00 PM

  RAYMONDVILLE – Some Rio Grande Valley families are having to bury their loved ones for a second time. Analisa Alfaro’s uncle was buried in someone else’s plot when he was first interred. His body had to be exhumed and buried again all because of a clerk’s mistake. ... more »

• Students Working to Identify 16 Exhumed Bodies Play Video

  January 24, 2019 5:20 PM

  FALFURRIAS – Sixteen sets of human remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Falfurrias since the beginning of the year. The director of the South Texas Human Rights Center says students are working to identify these bodies. Most are believed to be migrants who died trying to... more »

• Mass Effort to Exhume, Identify Thousands of Victims of Violence in Tamaulipas Play Video

  April 19, 2018 10:59 PM

  MIGUEL ALEMAN, Mex. – A lot of families here in the Rio Grande Valley may be a step closer to finding closure they seek. Mexican authorities have launched a massive operation. They are exhuming unidentified bodies from graves and hoping to match a name to each case . Tamaulipas is... more »