Prisoner pleads guilty to escaping from halfway house

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 49-year-old Falfurrias man has pleaded guilty to escaping from federal custody, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Juan Luis Cruz admitted he knowingly left federal custody without…

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Foreign citizen imprisoned on weapon charge

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 34-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of illegal re-entry and felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney…

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Un“lucky” fugitive pleads guilty to double firearms charges

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 44-year-old Corpus Christi resident has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced…

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Felon sentenced for trafficking meth

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 32-year-old McAllen resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiring with the intent to distribute more than seven kilograms of meth, announced U.S.…

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Fall Operation Boo Dat 2021 Recovers Five Missing/Endangered Teens and Makes Thirty Arrests Across New Orleans Metro Area

New Orleans, LA – The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) New Orleans Task Force (USMS Eastern District of Louisiana) sponsored its annual Operation Boo Dat 2021 from mid-October to December 24, 2021. The…

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Meth dealer heads to prison

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 51-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison after selling large amounts of meth from a Corpus Christi residence, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.…

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South Texas woman admits to trafficking over $2 million in meth

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 24-year-old Alamo woman has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute more than 70 kilograms of highly pure meth, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.…

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South Texas man admits to smuggling cocaine on passenger bus

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 21-year-old Hidalgo County man has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute 4.5 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Today, Matthew Ethan Joseph…

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Aransas man sentenced for drug conspiracy

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 60-year-old man has been ordered to prison following his convictions of conspiracy to distribute more than five grams of meth and possession with intent to distribute 27…

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Local felon admits to illegally possessing Ruger

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 40-year-old Corpus Christi resident has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Pat Anthony Lacour admitted that on…

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Local man sent to prison for targeting children via Instagram

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 31-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison for coercing a child via the internet in order to have sex with her, announced U.S. Attorney…

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La Quarenta gang drug dealers plead guilty in poly-drug conspiracy

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Four Corpus Christi men have admitted to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute meth, heroin and cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Fernando Martinez, 44, Corpus…

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Former Navy commander headed to federal prison

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 58-year-old Portland man has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison following his conviction of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute meth and possessing…

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4 La Quarenta gang members plead guilty to drug trafficking conspiracy

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Four La Quarenta gang members pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute meth, heroin and cocaine. The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and…

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Truck driver sentenced to more than 3 years for smuggling undocumented migrants in back of tractor trailer

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 28-year-old truck driver was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison for illegally transporting 51 undocumented migrants in the back of a tractor trailer.…

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Texan admits to smuggling people in coffin

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 33-year-old Galveston man has entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle individuals in a flag-draped coffin, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Zachary Taylor Blood admitted…

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Third gang member sentenced to prison for series of truck stop ATM robberies, related assault

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A third Houston-area gang member was ordered to federal prison Wednesday for his role in a string of ATM robberies at truck stops in Texas and Louisiana and…

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Border Patrol Arrested Four More Sex Offenders

EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested four sex offenders. On Jan. 7, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station agents arrested Edgar Antonio Barajas-Granados,…

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Southeast Texas operation targeting violent fugitives leads to 351 arrests, seizure of more than $4.3 million

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi, and various other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies recently announced…

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Brush guide sentenced after abandoning people during freeze

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 27-year-old Harlingen man has been ordered to prison for two separate smuggling attempts, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Eduardo Javier Jimenez pleaded guilty to each…

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Prisoner pleads guilty to escaping from halfway house

Foreign citizen imprisoned on weapon charge

Un“lucky” fugitive pleads guilty to double firearms charges

Felon sentenced for trafficking meth

Fall Operation Boo Dat 2021 Recovers Five Missing/Endangered Teens and Makes Thirty Arrests Across New Orleans Metro Area

Meth dealer heads to prison

South Texas woman admits to trafficking over $2 million in meth

South Texas man admits to smuggling cocaine on passenger bus

Aransas man sentenced for drug conspiracy

Local felon admits to illegally possessing Ruger

Local man sent to prison for targeting children via Instagram

La Quarenta gang drug dealers plead guilty in poly-drug conspiracy

Former Navy commander headed to federal prison

4 La Quarenta gang members plead guilty to drug trafficking conspiracy

Truck driver sentenced to more than 3 years for smuggling undocumented migrants in back of tractor trailer

Texan admits to smuggling people in coffin

Third gang member sentenced to prison for series of truck stop ATM robberies, related assault

Border Patrol Arrested Four More Sex Offenders

Southeast Texas operation targeting violent fugitives leads to 351 arrests, seizure of more than $4.3 million

Brush guide sentenced after abandoning people during freeze

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