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• Mission man sentenced after extorting $9.5 million from transmigrantes

  June 11, 2025 3:28 PM

  A Mission man has been sentenced for his role in a violent conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding agency industry in the Los Indios border region, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. The news release said 39-year-old Carlos Martinez pleaded guilty on February 6.... more »

• Extortion of Migrants in Reynosa - What's Next? Play Video

  March 15, 2019 5:41 PM

  WESLACO - The Director of Citizens Council is working to address what led to the extortion of immigrants at the McAllen-Reynosa international bridge. CHANNEL 5 NEWS spoke to Maureen Meyer, the Director of Citizens Council of the National Migration Institute. Meyer says corruption is aided in Mexico by... more »