An Eagle Pass man was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for trafficking numerous drugs on a native reservation while armed with guns, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Cada primavera antes de que comiencen los desfiles y celebraciones de Fiesta San Antonio, una tradición muy especial empieza a tomar fuerza en la ciudad: coleccionar medallas de Fiesta.
An Eagle Pass man was sentenced to 14 years and two months in prison for his role in a human smuggling operation, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety released body camera footage in connection with the pursuit and arrest of a man accused in a fatal shooting at an Eagle Pass casino last year.
A man was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role in a human smuggling operation, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Wednesday.
A San Antonio woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million for her role in a deadly human smuggling operation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
A San Antonio man accused of fatally shooting two people at an Eagle Pass casino appeared in court Wednesday morning.
A San Antonio man accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring several others at an Eagle Pass casino is expected to be arraigned on multiple charges Wednesday.
A San Antonio man accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring several others at an Eagle Pass casino has been indicted on several charges, Maverick County records show.
Gov. Greg Abbott joined four other Republican governors and federal officials in thanking Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers, stating they helped make the U.S.-Mexico border safer.
Two men were located with gunshot wounds Friday afternoon at an Eagle Pass mall and transported to a local emergency room, according to a news release.
A woman has died after a crash in Maverick County that left multiple others injured, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Several people were airlifted to San Antonio in critical condition after a major accident on Friday, according to the Maverick County Constable’s Office.
A San Antonio man arrested in connection with a shooting at an Eagle Pass casino that left two people dead and several others injured had his bond raised.
Six days after a deadly shooting at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino and Hotel left two people dead and five others injured, the casino reopened its doors with heightened security.
Family and friends are coming together as they prepare to say goodbye to Alicia Sanchez, a young mother who was shot late Saturday night at Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino.
Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino will reopen to guests on Friday, nearly a week after a man opened fire at the casino, killing two and injuring five others.
An Eagle Pass Independent School District student was charged with allegedly making a terroristic threat to an elementary school, according to the district’s police department.
Surveillance video led law enforcement to identify the suspect accused of killing two people and injuring five others in a shooting at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, a justice of the peace told KSAT on Tuesday.
New details are emerging about the deadly shooting outside the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino over the weekend that left two people dead and five others injured, including the wife of one of the victims — a retired U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent.
Neighbors say they are in shock after a San Antonio man was arrested in connection with a shooting at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino that left two people dead and five others injured.
A deadly shooting outside the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle casino early Sunday morning has people in the area worried about their safety.
In the hours following the shooting, the Eagle Pass community grappled with the loss of Marcus Antley and Alicia Sanchez and what the shooting means for the border town moving forward.
According to Jones’ arrest warrant, which KSAT 12 News first obtained on Tuesday, Sept. 30, Kickapoo Tribe police officers were dispatched to the casino just after 11:45 p.m. on Saturday. Here is everything we know about the deadly shooting and all the developments that have happened since then.
Keryan Rashad Jones, 34, was arrested on two counts of capital murder and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office told KSAT 12.
Marcus Antley and Alicia Sanchez were killed at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino, the Justice of the Peace confirmed to KSAT 12.
A person is in custody following a shooting at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass that left two people dead and five others injured, according to the Eagle Pass Police Department.
According to KSAT Meteorologist Adam Caskey, the Weather Authority radar estimates that approximately 10 inches of rain have fallen in Quemado over the last five days.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized over $500,000 in heroin concealed inside tortilla presses and candy dispensers at the Texas-Mexico border, according to a news release.
After a mandatory evacuation was issued for portions of Maverick County due to an “imminent flooding risk,” county officials provided an update on high-water rescues and road closures on Tuesday morning.
A mandatory evacuation has been issued for residents in Quemado and Normandy due to “imminent flooding risk,” according to Maverick County officials.
Residents and officials in Eagle Pass said they are seeing small but significant signs of normalcy return months after Shelby Park was closed and taken over as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star.
Seven members of the Partido Revolucionario Mexicano (PRM) prison gang were recently sentenced to a combined 137 years in prison in a Del Rio court, according to the Department of Justice.
The U.S. House approved the budget reconciliation bill, which also includes preservation of 2017 tax cuts and changes to Medicaid and SNAP.
The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified the second driver killed in a multi-vehicle crash last week in Maverick County.
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal crash that closed a road between Eagle Pass and Uvalde, according to the Uvalde County Precinct 6 Constable’s Office.
Senate Bill 36, a priority bill for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, would create an office within the Department of Public Safety focused on immigration enforcement, organized crime and threats to state infrastructure.
A San Antonio man was sentenced to 21 years in a federal court in Del Rio in connection with a methamphetamine smuggling operation.
The Texas Department of Public Safety and National Guard presence has largely disappeared from Shelby Park, which sits next to the Rio Grande.
The Trump administration has moved to dismiss a lawsuit against Texas over a law that would allow local police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally.
A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old woman, according to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Office.
Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares died at 24, drowning in the Rio Grande not far from where he was buried Thursday at the Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass.
The cries of a mother watching from Venezuela through a cellphone pierced through the somber Christian music and gusts of wind as her son's casket was lowered into the ground.
Fewer border crossings and President Trump’s hope for a completed border wall by the end of his term were among several topics Vice President JD Vance delved into during his first visit to the Texas-Mexico border on Wednesday afternoon.
Sixty-one workers at the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services Inc. (RAICES) were issued layoff notices last week, according to a Texas Workforce Commission filing.
The new bill reinforces Gov. Greg Abbott’s push for the federal government to repay the $11 billion Texas has paid for the border security operation.
Texas’ border spending exploded after Joe Biden’s election, then state leaders signaled a new willingness to reduce it when Trump won. That didn’t last long.
Eagle Pass residents are split on how they feel about President Donald Trump’s path forward after he revoked an asylum-seeking mobile app on Inauguration Day.
A month after launching an international billboard campaign to deter illegal migrant crossings, Governor Greg Abbott’s office is trying to keep the project’s cost a secret from taxpayers.
KSAT visited Eagle Pass, a city at the epicenter of the immigration debate, for the tenth episode of “Your Voice, South Texas.”
Gov. Greg Abbott announced the new strategy, which will cost an estimated $100,000, during a press conference in Eagle Pass.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the rollout of an international public relations campaign to try to prevent migrants from crossing the border illegally.
A federal appeals court has ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border in the town of Eagle Pass.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the Biden administration after Border Patrol agents had cut the razor wire.
Hazel Eileen Diaz received nearly $40,000 in cash and money transfers for letting human smugglers use her rental properties.
Four Tren de Aragua gang members arrested in the multi-agency operation on Saturday have been identified.
Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.
The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.
The AG’s office sought to depose the leader of Team Brownsville, which provides water, shelter and basic necessities to asylum-seeking migrants.
U.S. arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico during July have plummeted to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, raising prospects a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon.
A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court has ruled.
Texas has sent thousands of soldiers to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar initiative Operation Lone Star. No border town has felt their presence more than Eagle Pass.
The federal government has deployed National Guard to the border for years, but more than a dozen states have dug into their own budgets to send even more personnel
In the Del Rio sector, which covers a 245-mile stretch of the border, Border Patrol agents travel up and down watching for signs of smuggling and illegal crossings.
For dozens of miles, Border Patrol agents travel up and down along the Rio Grande.
In a wide-ranging exclusive sit-down interview with KSAT, Chief Patrol Agent Robert Danley shares insight into his nearly seven months on the job, including how and why migrant crossings have changed, how laws impact the work done by agents, and Border Patrol’s relationship with Texas DPS.
One year after Texas began installing buoys in Eagle Pass, a professor says the floating barrier has created a significant ecological impact on the Rio Grande.
Eagle Pass residents share differing views on President Joe Biden's recent executive order regarding border crossings.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg will be among the Texas mayors in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday for President Joe Biden’s announcement about the Texas border.
Gov. Greg Abbott was in Eagle Pass on Friday to welcome Texas National Guard soldiers at Texas’ Forward Operating Base.
Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.
David Elder talks with the Executive Director of the Poteet Strawberry Festival to learn more about his role as the 2024 Parade Grand Marshal
David Elder talks with Eagle Pass mayor Rolando Salinas Jr. about BBQ, the upcoming eclipse celebration and the 57 South Music Fest.
Texas has faced skeptical questioning at an appeals court hearing over a new law that would allow it to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally.
The Supreme Court has extended its block, for now, on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out.
Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration.
When the two presidents used the Texas-Mexico boundary as a backdrop for the national immigration fight, residents felt they were left out of the conversation.
