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• Law allowing federal inmates' early release impacting Valley cases Play Video

  January 29, 2020 5:33 PM

  MCALLEN – A Rio Grande Valley family could benefit from overcrowding at federal prisons. Thousands of inmates will get an early release. The First Step Act went into effect Dec. 2018 to help reduce harsh prison sentencings, decrease prison populations and provide more programs to those convicted. Carlos... more »

• Convicted Drug Trafficker in Panama Unit Case Released from Prison Play Video

  August 16, 2017 6:10 PM

  WESLACO – A convicted drug trafficker who worked with the Panama Unit was released from federal prison. Fernando Guerra Jr. was granted time served and freed last Tuesday. He was arrested in 2013 along with his father. The duo was working with members of the Panama Unit to steal drug... more »

• Drug Trafficker for Panama Unit Set to be Released Early Play Video

  August 3, 2017 6:41 PM

  MCALLEN – A drug trafficker who worked with the Panama Unit is set to be released early from prison. The Panama Unit was a special drug task force in Hidalgo County. It was created to keep drugs and its smugglers off the streets. Instead, its members pushed the drugs through... more »