Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

Family, friends and coworkers gathered on Friday December 29, 2017 to pay their respects to Antonio Cordova, the US Border Patrol agent who was

Press Release

A County unit responded to the United States Border Patrol checkpoint on US Highway 57 Monday morning after agents had detained a female subject

– U.S. Border Patrol agents working near Eagle Pass arrested a man who was in the United States illegally and had a previous conviction for rape.  

“The men and women of the United States Border Patrol face unknown challenges and hazards every day while protecting our nation’s borders,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Matthew J. Hudak. “Keeping dangerous criminals off our streets is just one way in which our agents work to keep our communities safe.”

On Oct. 20, Eagle Pass Station agents arrested Victor Manuel Velasquez-Perez, a 42-year-old Guatemalan national, near the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass.

During processing, records checks revealed that Velasquez-Perez was convicted in 2012 of felony rape of a child under the age of 12 in Georgetown, Delaware.       

After serving time for the rape conviction, Velasquez-Perez was removed from the United States. He currently faces charges of illegal reentry after deportation - 8 USC § 1326 - with a possible maximum sentence of not more than 20 years.       

The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the Joint Task Force-West South Texas Corridor, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations. During FY 2017, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended 15 previously deported sex offenders. To report suspicious activity, call the Del Rio Sector’s toll-free number at 1-866-511-8727.

The lifeless body of a man was pulled from the Rio Grande by the U.S Border Patrol, Maverick County Sheriff Department and the Eagle Pass Fire Department on Friday, October 20.

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department assisted US Border Patrol in an operation that resulted in the arrest of 11 undocumented immigrants in a safe house on the 900 block of Second St. on Sunday.

 U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Brackettville Border Patrol Station arrested a member of Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS

Jose J Licona Zuniga, an employee of the Eagle Pass Water Works System Water Plant, was arrested on Wednesday, September 27 for transporting undocumented aliens into the United States. 

   DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Carrizo Springs Station arrested a man attempting to smuggle three people inside an after-market vehicle compartment, with only inches of room.  

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in Brackettville arrested a gang member wanted in connection with a violent crime.

   The Maverick County Sheriff Department recovered a stolen vehicle at approximately 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday.