U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Veterans International Bridge in Brownsville seized cocaine hidden in a commercial vehicle on October 21. The driver, a 39-year-old Mexican citizen, was arrested and a criminal investigation opened.
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Manuel Alejandro Melendez-Cereceres, 42, was sentenced in federal court to nine years in prison for conspiracy to transport migrants resulting in serious bodily injury. He organized drivers and coordinated locations for a smuggling network. A migrant fell from a border fence during a May 2025 smuggling event in Tornillo and suffered multiple fractures.
$$672,101 for money judgment
Manuel Alejandro Melendez-Cereceres, defendant; migrant smuggling organization member; U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, sentenced defendant; U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons, Western District of Texas, announced sentencing and 2 more
The port of entry at Columbus, New Mexico, reopened Monday for Mexican cattle imports under new safeguards including tests, shots and inspections. The reopening comes as the U.S. combats the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating fly larva that has infected livestock and wildlife in Texas and New Mexico since June 2026.
$$113 billion for U.S. cattle industry value threatened by screwworm
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Approved reopening with all-clear for inspectors; Dudley Hoskins, Undersecretary for the Department of Agriculture; Brooke Rollins, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and 2 more
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced Tuesday that nine islands in the Rio Grande River, totaling about 66 acres, belong to the State of Texas. The declaration aims to give state and federal law enforcement access to monitor and secure the islands and prevent their use by criminal organizations.
Dawn Buckingham, Texas Land Commissioner; Texas General Land Office, State agency making the determination; Texas Department of Public Safety, Requested mapping of island ownership and 1 more
Thirteen individuals were charged in El Paso following Operation Southbound Takedown, an investigation into transporting stolen vehicles to Mexican cartels. Investigators recovered 29 vehicles worth approximately $1,137,000.
$$1,137,000 for estimated value of recovered stolen vehicles
Justin R. Simmons, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Texas; Ryan G. McRae, Special Agent in Charge, HSI El Paso; Coult W. Markovsky, Acting Special Agent in Charge, FBI El Paso Field Office and 1 more
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas charged 222 people with immigration and border security-related crimes from October 16-23, 2026. The charges include 165 felony reentry cases, 24 illegal entry cases, 23 human smuggling cases, and other immigration-related crimes.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, charging authority; Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, federal law enforcement partner; ICE – Enforcement and Removal Operations, federal law enforcement partner and 5 more
The federal government is considering relocating a planned border wall at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from a levee adjacent to the refuge to instead cut through the refuge itself. The change addresses a legal dispute where government contractors are accused of trespassing on property owned by Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2.
$2.8 miles for border wall construction
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, federal agency planning border wall; Assistant U.S. Attorney Lance Duke, federal government attorney discussing relocation plans at federal court hearing; Hidalgo County Irrigation District No. 2, water district that sued contractors over trespass and 4 more
CBS News aired a 60 Minutes segment Sunday about Moussa Diawara, a Malian national deported from Texas in July after 25 years in the U.S. Trump administration officials disputed the program's framing, saying Diawara claimed to be gay in his asylum application despite being married with children, while CBS reported his claim rested on Christian persecution fears.
Moussa Diawara, Deported Malian national featured in 60 Minutes segment; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Federal agency that disputed the 60 Minutes characterization; Department of Homeland Security, Federal agency that disputed the asylum claim basis and 3 more
The Trump administration is preparing to announce a relaxation of federal methane regulations for oil and gas producers. President Trump is expected to present the proposal at a campaign rally in Lubbock, Texas. The EPA plans to eliminate the Methane Super Emitter Program and offer regulatory relief to small marginal wells.
President Donald Trump, expected to present the proposal; American Petroleum Institute, oil industry lobby that sought changes to methane rules; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, expected to eliminate Methane Super Emitter Program and 1 more