San Antonio, Dallas men indicted for attempting to smuggle weapons, ammunition into Mexico, DOJ says
A San Antonio man and a Dallas man are facing a lengthy prison sentence and a large fine after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Del Rio for allegedly trying to smuggle weapons and ammunition into Mexico.
Mexican government says train poses no threat to skeleton
Mexicoโs National Institute of Anthropology and History says a prehistoric human skeleton found recently in a flooded cave system along the countryโs Caribbean coast was actually discovered and registered by the institute in 2019 and will not be threatened by a nearby tourist train project.
KSATโs Alicia Barrera goes inside tractor-trailer to experience dangers migrants often face at hands of smugglers
Rescue simulations at border aimed at providing better understanding of dangers as crossings of migrants don't slow down. Over the weekend, Border Patrol Del Rio apprehended more than 2,500 migrants.
Report finds โunnecessaryโ force by Border Patrol agents at Rio Grande
Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in โunnecessary use of forceโ against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didnโt whip any with their reins, according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall.
Army Times investigation finds suicides, morale crisis in wake of Operation Lone Star at Texas border
Recent reports from the Army Times into poor conditions and an uptick in suicides among Texas National Guard soldiers tied to Operation Lone Star has state lawmakers concerned over how the soldiers are being treated.
A look back: Best of South Texas Pride in 2021
In late 2021, KSAT revamped the South Texas Pride series to bring viewers more long-form content full-length Q&As. We highlighted some stories that made a difference to the local LGBTQ+ community, as well as state, national and even international communities.
11 Haitian asylum seekers part of lawsuit against federal government
Eleven of the thousands of Haitian migrants who set up camp under the international bridge in Del Rio in September have filed a lawsuit against the federal government. The documents filed allege physical abuse, racial discrimination and failure to process asylum claims.
"We suffered a lot to get here": A Haitian migrant's harrowing journey to the Texas-Mexico border
After witnessing fellow migrants swept away in a Central American river and a sexual assault by armed men, one man wants to put the traumatic journey in the past and find stability for his family in Ohio.
'Amistad' binds Del Rio and Ciudad Acuรฑa amid migrant crisis
The โamistad,โ or friendship, that Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuรฑa, Mexico, celebrate with a festival each year has been important in helping them deal with the challenges from a migrant camp that shut down the border bridge between the two communities for more than a week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protectionโs closure of Del Rio bridge disrupts businesses and jobs on Texas side of the U.S.-Mexico border
Federal officials have halted traffic so they can process thousands of Haitian migrants seeking asylum. The closure has made it difficult for the Texas cityโs binational employees and business owners to keep normal operations going.
Border patrol agents criticized for treatment of Haitian migrants in Del Rio as U.S. tries to dissuade more from coming
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned would-be migrants that โyour journey will not succeedโ and promised to investigate the actions of mounted agents at the Rio Grande.
Secretary of Homeland Security travels to Del Rio for update on Haitian migrant situation
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will be in Del Rio on Monday to receive an operational briefing on steps being taken to address the situation involving the mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from the border city.
Biden administration speeds up deportation flights for Haitians in growing Texas migrant camp
The situation in Del Rio spiraled this week as more than 15,000 migrants, many of them from Haiti, arrived at the border in recent days, settling in a makeshift camp as they waited for CBP agents to process their petitions to stay in the U.S.
Checkpoints in Laredo left unmanned after Border Patrol agents redirected to Del Rio, report says
Multiple checkpoints in Laredo are temporarily shut down and unmanned after several Border Patrol agents were reassigned to Del Rio in response to a surge of thousands of migrants crossing the Mexico border, according to a report from KGNS.