Category: Texas

Texas Police: 4 Migrants Killed in Smuggling Attempt

ENCINAL, Texas—Four migrants died Thursday and three other people were injured in a highway crash in Texas that authorities described as another fatal human smuggling attempt during a tragic week near the U.S.–Mexico border. The crash happened in Encinal, a small town where a tractor-trailer carrying illegal immigrants passed through Monday before ending up in…


Texas Military Investigating Loaded M4 Carbine Found in Unguarded Truck

A loaded semi-automatic M4 carbine was found unattended in a vehicle this week and is thought to belong to Texas Military Department (TMD) soldiers. But an attended weapon is the least of border security activist Kelly Perry’s worries. Perry lives in Kinney County where the southwest Mexico-Texas border spans 13 miles. “I’m more concerned about…


Texas Woman Accused of Killing Elite Cyclist Arrested in Costa Rica

A Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in Costa Rica, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednesday at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, the Marshals Service said in a statement….


After 53 Die in Smuggling Tragedy, Texas Governor to Start Truck Checkpoints on Highways

EAGLE PASS, Texas—The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be setting up random highway checkpoints to inspect trucks following the deaths of 53 illegal immigrants who were being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer earlier this week. “We’ve seen increased brazenness by cartels that feel empowered, because we do not have a federal…


Supreme Court Allows Biden Administration to End Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy

The Supreme Court gave the Biden administration a green light this morning to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy that requires non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing. The decision to nix the program did not violate a 1996 migrant detention law, the court held, adding that the…


Texas Governor Adding Truck Checkpoints After Human Smuggling Tragedy; NY Sues ‘Ghost Gun’ Distributers | NTD Daybreak

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pressing President Joe Biden to build back Trump’s border wall. That’s shortly after the human smuggling tragedy this week. He also says more truck checkpoints will be set up on highways. New York pushes to stop the sale of “ghost guns.” City and state officials sue 10 distributors of untraceable…


4 Arrested Over Deadly Smuggling Operation That Left 53 Dead in Texas

Four people have now been arrested in connection with the people smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 53 people in the back of a sweltering semi trailer near America’s southern border, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Homero Zamorano, 45, was charged on Wednesday with one count of alleged alien smuggling resulting in…


4 Arrested, 2 Charged Over Deadly Smuggling Operation That Left 53 Dead in Texas

Four people have now been arrested in connection with the people-smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 53 people in the back of a sweltering semi-trailer near America’s southern border, according to the Department of Justice. Homero Zamorano, 45, was charged on Wednesday with one count of alleged alien smuggling resulting in death, and Christian Martinez,…


Texas Trailer Smuggling Death Toll Rises to 53

SAN ANTONIO—In the chaotic minutes after dozens of illegal immigrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering under the Texas sun, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors, a Mexican immigration official said Wednesday. The driver along with two other men from Mexico remained in custody as the…


Death Toll Rises to 53 After Illegal Immigrants Found Dead in Abandoned Truck in Texas

SAN ANTONIO—In the chaotic minutes after dozens of illegal immigrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering under the Texas sun, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors, a Mexican immigration official said Wednesday. The American truck driver, along with another U.S. citizen and two other men, remained…