Migrant With Snake Bite Rescued in RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents rescued a Guatemalan citizen snakebite victim near Falfurrias, Texas. On July 17, at approximately 11:00 p.m., RGV agents apprehended a group…
Two Human Stash Houses and Large Groups Encountered in RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt two human smuggling stash houses. On April 18, Weslaco Border Patrol Station…
RGV Agents Encounter Four Large Groups Within Several Days
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents encountered two more large groups in Starr County. The groups, with a combined number of 337 raise the total number of…
Large Migrant Groups on the Rise in RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents encounter two more smuggling attempts and large groups, resulting in 306 arrests. On April 12, Corpus Christi Border Patrol Station (CCT)…
RGV Agents Apprehend Five Gang Members
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13), a Sureno, and two 18th Street gang members in two days. On April 11, McAllen Border Patrol…
RGV Apprehends 754 Migrants in Four Large Groups
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents encountered four large groups and interdicted multiple smuggling events resulting in 781 arrests. Over the weekend, Rio Grande City Border Patrol…
39 Arrests from Two U-Hauls at RGV Checkpoints
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents foil four smuggling attempts, resulting in 46 arrests. On April 6, the Brownsville Border Patrol Station (BRP) received information of a…
RGV tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing false tax returns
McALLEN, Texas – A local tax preparer admitted to preparing false and fraudulent tax returns on behalf of taxpayers, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Linda Lopez was the owner and operator…
RGV Agents Provide Support to Distressed Migrants
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents rescue four migrants from remote ranch areas and one migrant from the Rio Grande. On April 5, Kingsville Border Patrol Station…
Large Groups Encountered in RGV
Rio Grande City, Texas – In recent days, Rio Grande City Border Patrol (RGC) agents encountered 802 migrants in six large groups. Border Patrol classifies any group of 100 migrants or more as…
Criminal Migrants and Gang Members Arrested Throughout the RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested multiple gang members and criminal migrants with extensive criminal histories including murder and sexual assault convictions and charges. On March 28, Weslaco Border…
RGV Border Patrol Has a Busy 24-Hours
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted five migrant smuggling events within 24-hours that resulted in 140 arrests. Yesterday morning, RGV agents, with the assistance from Texas…
RGV Agents Arrest Five Gang Members
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) and an 18th Street gang members over several days. On March 21, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents…
RGV Migrant Apprehensions Continue to Rise in FY22
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector (RGV) agents continue to experience a high volume of migrants crossing into the United States. RGV agents encountered 33,838 migrants in February, a…
Law Enforcement Works Together to Arrest 34 Migrants in the RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted four human smuggling attempts resulting in 34 arrests. On March 16, at approximately 12:00 p.m., McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS)…
RGV Centralized Processing Center Opens After Renovations
McAllen, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reopened the Rio Grande Valley Centralized Processing Center (CPC) in McAllen, Texas after extensive renovations that dramatically improved CBP’s ability to process migrants…
RGV Agents Disrupt Three Smuggling Attempts
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three smuggling attempts resulting in seven arrests, and the seizure of more than 101 pounds of marijuana. On March 13,…
RGV Agents Arrest Multiple Criminal Migrants
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four migrants with criminal history. On March 4, 2022, RGV agents arrested 26 migrants near Hidalgo, Texas. Within the group,…
RGV Agents Arrest Multiple Gang Members and Sex Offenders
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three migrants with prior convictions for sexual crimes and three gang members. On March 2, a McAllen Border Patrol Station…
Multiple Criminal Migrants Arrested in the RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a Gulf Cartel member and two gang members. On Feb. 28, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents apprehended a group of…
RGV Agents Apprehend 18 Criminal Migrants
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested and identified 12 gang members, and six migrants with criminal convictions, to include homicide and sexual crimes against children. These…
RGV tax preparer indicted for filing false returns
McALLEN, Texas – A local tax preparer is set to make her initial appearance in federal court on charges of filing false tax returns on behalf of taxpayers, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer…
Multiple Criminal Migrants Arrested in the RGV
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents arrested several migrant criminals this week. On Feb. 7, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrested a Salvadoran national near Mission,…
RGV Agents Encounter Vehicle Roll Over with Injured Migrants
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents encountered four migrant smuggling attempts in collaboration with local law enforcement. In one incident a vehicle was discovered down an embankment…
RGV Agents Arrest Two Convicted Murderers
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrest five criminal migrants, including two convicted murderers, a sex offender, and known gang members. Just after midnight on Jan. 12,…
RGV Agents Halt Dangerous Smuggling Attempts
EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt dangerous human smuggling efforts. On Jan. 7, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Brownsville Border…
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