Tag Archives: Hidalgo County
Trial Focuses on Border Sheriff’s Knowledge of Corrupt Drug Task Force
Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño denies knowing about actions of corrupt drug task force in 2nd day of his federal trial testimony. ...Read More
A Trial Reveals Depths of Drug-Related Corruption in Border County
The sheriff tried to act as though he had nothing to worry about. But the previous three days of testimony had made clear that he did have reason to worry....Read More
Exclusive: The Man Behind Hidalgo County’s Biggest Law Enforcement Scandal
For more than six months, Miguel Flores lived a double life. In his day job, he was a narcotics investigator for the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department. But ...Read More
Border Communities Living in Limbo While Congress Dithers
In early May, Ruben Villarreal, Mayor of Rio Grande City, channeled the frustration of many residents in Starr and Hidalgo counties, where a proposed 14-mile bo...Read More
The Shadow of the Son
The trials of the border's most powerful law-enforcement family
Can Sheriff Lupe Treviño's legacy survive the indictments and accusations of corruption in his department? ...Read More
Postcards: Life In a Colonia Called ‘The Ranch’
Cuevitas is one of several thousand colonias in South Texas—impoverished communities where many people live without proper sanitation, electricity or running ...Read More
DPS’ Sniper Program Only Part of the Agency’s Militarization Problem
Since a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter sniper fatally shot two Guatemalan men and critically injured another last week during a high speed pursuit...Read More