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• Abrego Garcia wins request for hearing on whether smuggling charges are illegally 'vindictive'

  October 4, 2025 11:40 AM

  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice's prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration over his deportation to El Salvador. The case of Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national... more »

• Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the US, hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda

  August 27, 2025 11:03 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has come to encapsulate much of President Donald Trump 's hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday. The asylum request — Abrego Garcia's second, after a denial in 2019 —... more »

• Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces new deportation efforts after ICE detains him in Baltimore

  August 25, 2025 3:46 PM

  BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to remove noncitizens from the U.S., was detained by immigration authorities in Baltimore on Monday to face renewed efforts to deport him after a brief period of freedom. Abrego Garcia's attorneys... more »

• Judge will consider releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail, possibly leading to his deportation

  July 16, 2025 12:05 PM

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Tennessee could rule Wednesday on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail to await trial on human smuggling charges, a decision that could allow President Donald Trump's administration to try to deport the Maryland construction worker for a second time. ... more »

• Border Patrol Arrests 2 Gang Members, 2 Child Predators in Less Than 24 Hours

  December 12, 2018 5:56 PM

  EDINBURG – Two gang members and two child predators were arrested by Border Patrol within 24 hours. Rio Grande City agents working near Roma arrested a Salvadoran man, also an MS-13 member, Tuesday night. Shortly after, Falfurrias agents arrested four people who crossed into the U.S. illegally at... more »

• Víctima De La Mara Da Testimonio De Violencia Play Video

  October 17, 2017 11:08 PM

  WESLACO - El Valle del Río Grande no es ajeno a las pandillas y a la violencia de Centro América. Sólo en el mes de octubre, la Patrulla Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos arrestó a miembros de la Mara Salva trucha (MS-13). El problema de la MS-13 en el área,... more »

• Victim of MS-13 Gang Violence Speaks Out Play Video

  October 17, 2017 8:44 PM

  WESLACO – The Rio Grande Valley is no stranger to the gangs and violence from Central America. In the month of October alone, U.S. Border Patrol arrested a handful of Mara Salvatrucha gang members in the U.S.-Mexico border area. Glenda Diaz is one of the thousands of victims from the... more »