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• Convicted Ex-Border Agent Now Charged with Making Threat at Hearing Play Video

  October 9, 2019 9:20 PM

  WESLACO – A former Border Patrol agent convicted of helping to move drugs is now facing more charges. Daniel Polanco is now accused of threatening to assault a federal agent. Court records allege the threat was made at a hearing to request a new trial and acquittal. ... more »

• Border Patrol Agent Recovering from Bite Wounds

  June 5, 2017 6:18 PM

  WESLACO – A Border Patrol agent is recovering from multiple bite wounds. The alleged attacker was a convicted human smuggler with prior deportations. According to a federal complaint, Mexican national, Jesus Roman Alonzo-Barela, encountered a Border Patrol agent at the Roma cemetery last week. The agent tried to arrest Alonzo... more »