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2 days ago | 
kdhnews.com | Bethany Blankley
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) - Two men living in the Texas border town of Edinburg have been sentenced for their role in straw purchasing firearms related to a scheme involving running guns to Mexico. Referred to as "don't lie for the other guy," a straw arm purchase prohibits the transfer of a firearm to someone who is legally prevented from owning one.
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2 days ago | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Bethany Blankley
(The Center Square) – After signing bail reform legislation into law two years ago, Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday again signed another bail reform package into law, this time saying it’s “the strongest bail reform package in Texas history.”After the first reform package was enacted, crime increased and judges in Democratic cities like Houston continues to release repeat violent offenders onto the streets.
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2 days ago | 
aol.com | Bethany Blankley
(The Center Square) – Two men living in the Texas border town of Edinburg have been sentenced for their role in straw purchasing firearms related to a scheme involving running guns to Mexico. Referred to as “don’t lie for the other guy,” a straw arm purchase prohibits the transfer of a firearm to someone who is legally prevented from owning one. Edinburg residents Mario Elier Leal, 22, and Rodolfo Benitez-Garza, 24, pleaded guilty in 2024 and received sentences announced on Tuesday.
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2 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Bethany Blankley
(The Center Square) – Mexican nationals illegally living in the U.S. have been sentenced or convicted of committing narcotics trafficking and identity theft in the Southern District of Texas. In one case, 41-year-old Mexican national Rolando Banda-Lucero was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for trafficking more than $1.2 million worth of cocaine. He faces removal proceedings after his prison term is completed.
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2 days ago | 
kdhnews.com | Bethany Blankley
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) - After signing bail reform legislation into law two years ago, Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday again signed another bail reform package into law, this time saying it's "the strongest bail reform package in Texas history."After the first reform package was enacted, crime increased and judges in Democratic cities like Houston continues to release repeat violent offenders onto the streets.
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2 days ago | 
brenhambanner.com | Bethany Blankley
(The Center Square) – Mexican nationals illegally living in the U.S. have been sentenced or convicted of committing narcotics trafficking and identity theft in the Southern District of Texas. In one case, 41-year-old Mexican national Rolando Banda-Lucero was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for trafficking more than $1.2 million worth of cocaine. He faces removal proceedings after his prison term is completed. kAmq2?52\{F46C@ “5:5 ?@E 92G6 DE2EFD E@ 36 :? E96 4@F?ECJ 2?5 8@E :?G@=G65 :?
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2 days ago | 
victoriaadvocate.com | Bethany Blankley
(The Center Square) – U.S. attorneys across the country are playing a key role in the Trump administration’s targeting of cartel-connected crime. In a case spanning several states, a Utah father and son were charged with conspiring to materially support a Mexican cartel and foreign terrorist organization (FTO) by engaging in oil theft in south Texas. The charges also include conspiracy to commit money laundering and related smuggling charges.
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2 days ago | 
brenhambanner.com | Bethany Blankley
(The Center Square) – Two men living in the Texas border town of Edinburg have been sentenced for their role in straw purchasing firearms related to a scheme involving running guns to Mexico. Referred to as “don’t lie for the other guy,” a straw arm purchase prohibits the transfer of a firearm to someone who is legally prevented from owning one. kAmt5:?3FC8 C6D:56?ED |2C:@ t=:6C {62=[ aa[ 2?5 #@5@=7@ q6?:E6K\v2CK2[ ac[ A=62565 8F:=EJ :? a_ac 2?5 C646:G65 D6?E6?46D 2??@F?465 @?
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3 days ago | 
kdhnews.com | Bethany Blankley
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor (The Center Square) - Federal authorities continue to take action in Massachusetts after state and local authorities implemented policies directing police to not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In May, ICE agents, working with multiple federal partners, arrested nearly 1,500 criminal illegal foreign nationals, the largest total to date in the state of any month under any administration.
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3 days ago | 
kdhnews.com | Bethany Blankley
(The Center Square) - Of the roughly 1,200 bills that passed the legislature this legislative session, several were identified as emergency priorities of Gov. Greg Abbott. Two he will sign into law include expanding the state's water infrastructure and nuclear power capabilities. Abbott highlighted making a "Texas-size investment" of $1 billion to improve and expand the state's water infrastructure in February.
