Arizona rancher held on $1M bond in killing near US border
A rancher who lives near Arizona's border with Mexico is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in last week’s fatal shooting of a man tentatively identified as a Mexican citizen. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's office in Nogales, Arizona, confirmed Monday that George Alan Kelly, 73, was arrested last week in the killing. Authorities believe the victim was Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, 48, who lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico, because of a Mexican voter registration card he carried.
news.yahoo.comSan Juan woman attempts to smuggle 33 AK-47s, various other firearms into Mexico
A San Juan woman was arrested Tuesday at the Hidalgo Port of Entry after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered she was attempting to smuggle 33 Ak-47s, three AR-15s, one .22 long rifle, two .45 caliber handguns and 38 magazines in a truck.
myrgv.comMexico's president promises total withdrawal after term ends
Mexico’s president is probably the most powerful political figure the country has had in decades, but he said Thursday that after his term ends in September 2024, he will totally withdraw from politics. There had been speculation that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would remain a power behind the scenes in his now-dominant Morena party. López Obrador had previously said he would retire to a ranch he inherited in southern Mexico and write books.
news.yahoo.comKristin Cavallari flaunts abs in new photos from Mexico trip after revealing she will no longer date athletes
Kristin Cavallari showed off her bikini-bod in new pictures from her best friend's wedding in Mexico this week. The reality star recently revealed why she doesn't want to date any more athletes.
news.yahoo.comProsecutors say Elizabeth Holmes bought plane ticket to Mexico after conviction
In court documents, federal prosecutors allege that Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes purchased a plane ticket to Mexico after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy last year. She remains out of prison while appealing her conviction.
news.yahoo.comIllegal border crossings surge to highest of Biden's term
A surge in Cuban and Nicaraguan arrivals at the U.S. border with Mexico in December led to the highest number of illegal border crossings recorded during any month of Joe Biden's presidency, authorities said Friday. The extraordinary influx came shortly before Biden introduced measures on Jan. 5 to deter Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. U.S. authorities stopped migrants 251,487 times along the Mexican border in December, up 7% from 234,896 times in November and up 40% from 179,253 times in December 2021, Customs and Border Protection said.
news.yahoo.comBig Reveal: IWA unveils poster, China Poblana, Charro
Incarnate Word Academy on Thursday unveiled the promotional poster and announced the China Poblana and Charro for this year’s 69th performance of A Little Bit of Mexico, a prelude to Charro Days 2023 and an important fundraiser for Incarnate Word Academy.
myrgv.comMan who attempted to smuggle 160 endangered species gets time served
One of the three men involved in a scheme to smuggle over 160 endangered species into Mexico has been sentenced to time served. Roberto Angel Roman-Alvarez, who was charged with unlawful exportation of wildlife, pleaded guilty on Nov. 9 and was sentenced Thursday, court records show. The other two men involved, Roberto Rojas-Ramirez and Jonathan Roberto Rojas-Casados, have yet to be sentenced but have also pleaded guilty. Both Rojas-Casados and his father, Rojas-Ramirez, are set to appear before Magistrate Judge Micaela Alvarez for their sentencing on Feb. 15. Both are charged with smuggling wildlife from the U.S. and unlawful exportation of wildlife.
myrgv.comAnother Brownsville man accused of trying to smuggle money into Mexico
For the second time in a little over a week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at a Brownsville Port of Entry have arrested another Brownsville man accused of trying to cross more than $10,000 from the United States into Mexico. Jose Javier Cardenas, born in 1981, was arrested Wednesday as he tried to cross more than $10,000 from the U.S. into Mexico via the B&M International Bridge in Brownsville, a federal criminal complaint states. According to the federal criminal complaint, during an inspection of vehicles heading into Mexico, a CBP canine alerted officers to the vehicle. In the court appearance, Torteya found that “short of detention there is no condition or combination of conditions to assure the defendant’s appearance in court,” federal court documents reflect. According to federal law, anyone crossing $10,000 or more at an international crossing must report the money to CPB.
myrgv.comMexico forfeits matches, fined by FIFA over Zendejas
Mexico was ordered to forfeit a pair of friendlies and fined 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,900) by FIFA for using American forward Alejandro Zendejas. FIFA said Mexico also was ordered to forfeit three under-23 matches in which it used Zendejas. The governing body did not announce the penalty until Thursday, a day after it was contacted by The Associated Press following the U.S. Soccer Federation selecting Zendejas for next week's games against Serbia and Colombia, the first for the Americans since the World Cup.
news.yahoo.comBrownsville man admits to smuggling cocaine; says it was his first time
A Brownsville man arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine from Mexico into the United State said it was the first time he had smuggled drugs across the border, a federal criminal complaint reads. Juan Trevino Naranjo, born in 1972, also told U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers that he was being paid to smuggle cocaine. Trevino Naranjo appeared Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ignacio Torteya III, who ordered he be held without bond. According to the federal criminal complaint, Trevino Naranjo was attempting to cross into the U.S. from Mexico via the Free Trade Bridge in Los Indio Tuesday morning. The truck was X-rayed and officers found bundles, which were later determined to be cocaine, stored behind the backseat, the criminal complaint states.
myrgv.comWhy record and not intervene? Horrific video allegedly shows 25-year-old Charlotte woman being beaten shortly before dying in Mexico
25-year-old Shanquella Robinson was pronounced dead a day after arriving in Cabo for a birthday trip with a group of her friends. Her mother says her friends all had ‘different stories' about how she died.