Los Indios News

Customs officers working at the Los Indios International Bridge reported a shooting in Rio Bravo.

A former Customs and Border Protection inspector was sentenced to 11 years, three months in federal prison on Thursday for using his post to help smuggle unauthorized immigrants and cocaine.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Joe E. Gerusa and Rosa Weaver Gerusa; her daughter, Gloria Garza Llewellyn; her husband, Eleno Garza and her sister, Mary Helen Manganiello.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialist at the Los Indios International Bridge intercepted live wood-boring insects in packaging material that appeared to have been treated according to international standards, according to an agency release.

Brownsville - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists discovered live wood-boring insects in wood packing materials that appear to have been treated according to international standards.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Channelview, Texas man for trying to cross an international bridge with more than 99 pounds of marijuana, according to an agency release.

Two women accused of shipping marijuana through the mail pleaded not guilty. Eva Zamora, a U.S. Postal employee, and Juana Pesina-Sierra appeared before a federal judge this morning.

Three Cameron County residents are accused of participating in a scheme to ship hundreds of pounds of marijuana through the U.S. Postal Service office in Los Indios.

Penske Logistics, a warehousing and shipping company, has notified state officials it may lay off 100 workers in the next 60 to 90 days, a company spokesman said.

The first woman elected to county office in Cameron County, Precinct 4 Commissioner Edna Tamayo, announced Sunday she does not plan to run for a third four-year term.

A man from Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Friday afternoon at Los Indios International Bridge after they discovered 11 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle, federal officials said.