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• Airport departures in McAllen reach record breaking numbers Play Video

  February 21, 2020 10:10 PM

  MCALLEN - A record breaking boarding numbers at the McAllen International Airport Officials say they had more departures in 2019 than ever before. From Vegas -- Dallas to international flights, like Mexico City, more than 800,000 people walked the halls of the McAllen airport last year. Last... more »

• RGV Border Patrol Facilities Over Capacity Play Video

  March 30, 2019 2:46 PM

  WESLACO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated, "nearly every sector across the SW border has exceeded their capacity," in a social media post Saturday. For the first time since large groups of immigrants began to be released this month due to overcapacity issues, they announced the current overcapacity... more »

• Border Patrol: Facilities, Manpower Cannot Support Continued Increase of Apprehensions Play Video

  March 6, 2019 6:05 PM

  WESLACO – Border Patrol says there their resources are strained to the breaking point with the high number of people crossing into the U.S. illegally. Since October, the agency says the numbers of illegal crossings has doubled. Border Patrol says they apprehended 25,000 people in the Rio Grande... more »

• Local Law Enforcement Reports Low Number of DWI Arrests Play Video

  January 3, 2019 5:04 PM

  ALAMO – Rio Grande Valley law enforcement officials reported low numbers regarding driving while intoxicated arrests. “For this holiday season, we had zero DWI arrests. I was just looking through numbers last year just on New Year’s Day we had about five DWI arrest,” says Alamo Police Department Criminal... more »