Harlingen

Alejandra Angelita Sanchez: The Mugshot of a Woman You Don't Want (Allegedly) Stalking You

We are not saying that Alejandra Angelita Sanchez is a stalker. Absolutely not. But judging from her mugshot, if she were a stalker, we wouldn't want her stalking us. There's a level of -- oh, we don't know...how you say...devilish intensity and a will to get things done once she's started them, th ... More >>

Mugshot Shirt Don't Lie: John Cortez Is Lonely At The Top, Or At Least That Top That Allegedly Involves Being Drunk & High At 2 P.M.

In mugshots lie truth. Just like in vino veritas, we're tellin' ya. Valley resident John Cortez is the latest example of the mugshot theorem. When it came time to pose for his close-up, he was wearing -- and was it sheer happenstance or something deeper? -- a t-short that aptly summed up his condi ... More >>

When Roberto Rodriguez (Allegedly) Endangers His Kids, He Really (Allegedly) Endangers His Kids

Fights with a girlfriend can be highly annoying, we can all agree. But maybe another thing we can agree on is that the best way to react to them is not by packing three kids into an SUV and then drunkenly peeling through the neighborhood doing donuts on front lawns at a time when the cops would det ... More >>

Yraias Ruiz Salas, 66, Caught with Naked 53-Year-Old Prostitute and the Pictures to Prove It

For the most part, porn films don't involve older people because, well, the average degenerate doesn't want to watch the elderly get it on. Most filthy porn-loving freaks prefer young, nubile and possibly cosmetically enhanced "actors" doing the nasty for their viewing pleasure. So, even if the old ... More >>

Andrew Simmons: Caught With More Than 1,600 Ecstasy Pills (Look at His Goofy Face and Neck Tattoos!)

If you're going to deal ecstasy, it may be a good idea to keep a lower profile than Andrew Taylor Simmons (and not just the quintessential hipster look). On Saturday, Simmons was inside his black Chevy Avalanche, which was parked on North 77 Sunshine Strip in Harlingen, when Harlingen Police Depar ... More >>

Carlos Perez and Crystal Calvo: Raymondville Couple Toke in the Car in Front of Infant

On Sunday, as the afternoon sun gave the right of way to a dark evening, Carlos Perez and Crystal Calvo keep a spark glowing inside of their car and in front of their four-month-old baby. According to the Harlingen Police Department, Raymondville residents Perez, 23, and Calvo, 22, were posted up ... More >>

Multitasking 101: Beating Your Ex-Wife While Driving Impaired

Stephen Michael Place doesn't always get accused of driving while intoxicated, but when he does, he makes sure he gives it a special twist. I mean, why just drive smashed when you can multitask and beat your ex-wife at the same time? Harlingen police report answering a disturbance call on Saturday ... More >>

Mom Goes Undercover to Take Down Choir Teacher / Would-Be Facebook Child Predator

A Rio Grande Valley middle school choir teacher was arrested after a mom caught him trying to arrange a sexual encounter with her 12-year-old daughter via Facebook. According to Valleycentral.com, the mom had allowed her daughter to have a Facebook page on the condition that she have total access ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Matt Marcus of Eatsie Boys Food Truck, on Selling Food out of His Dorm Room in Military School and Landing an Internship at The Fat Duck

Matt Marcus Eatsie Boys Food Truck 845-430-8479 www.eatsieboys.com This is Part 1 of a three-part chef chat series. Parts 2 and 3 will run in this same space on Thursday and Friday. The Eatsie Boys have one of the most popular food trucks in Houston right now. Known for their pork snuggies, fanc ... More >>

Maria Salinas: The $194 Hug of An Old Man

When you're a guy who's reached the august age of 84, it can be gratifying to find a 22-year-old woman who wants to chat with you a bit and share some time. It can also be an expensive proposition, it turns out. We don't know whether Maria Delrosario Salinas, 22, of Harlingen staked out a Wells Fa ... More >>

Robert Pemelton: The Smiling-est Damn (Alleged) DWI Mugshot Ever

Robert Pemelton decided to show off in his black Jaguar on a Harlingen street about 1:30 yesterday; unfortunately for him, a cop saw it all and stopped him. Pemelton failed field sobriety tests, but apparently he doesn't feel too bad about -- his mugshots show him all smiles, like he's having the f ... More >>

Lucia Cruz Sticks Bag With 5 Ounces Of Pot In Mouth To Fool Cop: Incredibly Impressive Or Stupid?

Lucia Cruz Mayo is either incredibly skillful or has a remarkably dim view on how smart cops are. She was pulled over by Harlingen cops for running a stop sign, and they noticed "she appeared nervous and was making furtive movements inside the vehicle," according to Harlingen Sgt. John Lee Parrish. ... More >>

Jennifer Torres: Alleged Target Shoplifter Goes For Mugshot Of The Day

If your plan is to shoplift from Target, we'd assume you'd want to be discreet. Blend in with the crowd, don't attract attention, that sort of thing. And maybe Jennifer Torres' look is what the typical Harlingen target shopper is sporting these days. Still -- for whatever reason -- store security n ... More >>

DO NOT Mess with Christa Nicole Parker, Unless You Want 15 Punches and Wine Bottle Upside Your Head

It's hard to believe that a common-law marriage doesn't always go smoothly, but it can be true. And if it is true, you don't want to be common-law married to Christa Nicole Parker. When she gets pissed, she does something about it. Harlingen police say they got a domestic disturbance call and arri ... More >>

Chicago Bears WR Sam Hurd Has a Ring...a Drug Ring!

The Stringer Bell School of Entrepreneurship.​I remember former Houston Texans (and now Washington Redskins) wide receiver David Anderson telling me a couple years ago about a program that the NFL offered players in which they could travel to prestigious universities during the off season and ... More >>

Sex Equality in the Workplace: Not in Texas

All things not being equal....​If you're looking for cities where women are not treated equally in the workplace, welcome to Texas, according to a report by US News & World Report. They've ranked cities all across the country on gender equality, and four of the bottom ten are in the Lone Star ... More >>

Christopher George Gonzalez: Guard Agreed To Smuggle Four Pounds Of Coke Into Prison, Two Ounces At A Time

Naughty prison guards​Christopher George Gonzalez, 29, is a guard at a privatized federal detention center in the Valley. Or at least he used to be, before the feds nabbed him in a sting operation. The U.S. Attorney's office here in Houston says Gonzalez has been charged with agreeing to smug ... More >>

Human Rights Watch Blasts Treatment Of Mentally Disabled In Immigration Cases

No appointed lawyers, unlike criminal courts​Alberto was born in Portugal, but moved with his parents to the United States before his second birthday. In time, he received his green card, becoming a legal permanent resident.But Alberto was bipolar, and as the decades ticked by, he found himself ho ... More >>

Jesus Campos, Daniel Garcia and Julio Cantu: Valley Gang Fails Attempted Crime Spree

The Fail is strong in these younglings​You'd think the three Rio Grande Valley teenagers might have realized it wasn't their night after their second attempt at an armed robbery failed. You would underestimate the persistence of this Borderlands gang that couldn't shoot straight.Fail #1: It all st ... More >>

Truth and Consequences on the Mexico-United States Border: Protecting the Rights of All Border Residents

Home births draw American-born Latinos directly into the immigration issue

Finally, Americans Who Were Delivered By Midwives Near Mexico Can Breathe Easy

Photo by superfemDavid Hernandez of Harlingen may have been delivered by a midwife not far from the border with Mexico, but he always knew he was born in the United States. The trick was convincing the U.S. Department of State, which refused to issue him a passport based on a history of midwife frau ... More >>

Hispanics Delivered by Border Midwives Are Having Trouble Getting U.S. Passports

Post-9/11 worries target South Texas

Homeland Security Won't Let a Former IRA Man Out of Prison

After living in the U.S. for 25 years, Pól Brennan is now stuck on the Texas-Mexico border

Temples of Tex-Mex: A Diner's Guide to the State's Oldest Mexican Restaurants

We took a pilgrimage in search of old-fashioned tamales, chili con carne and cheese enchiladas

Immigration: The Boss Nun

Cubans at a Rio Grande Valley shelter say Sister Margaret is taking advantage

Immigration: Cubans Enter U.S. at Texas-Mexico Border

The Houston 100: The Master List

Houston's Very Best Songs Ever

...otherwise known as the H-Town 20

The Choking Game

Levi Draher came back from the dead. Other players were not so lucky.

U.S. informants take part in murder and drug running in Mexico

Shorthanded

Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

Freedom, Now!

Get banged this Fourth

Who's Your Daddy?

Track your true identity along a DNA trail left behind by your ancestors

Fringe Characters

This summer the PC Cowboys trade KILT for kilts

Passport to Nowhere

Benjamin Flores wants to box in the Olympics. But he isn't a U.S. citizen, and he can't risk returning to Mexico.

Sloppy Joes

For Austin's Weary Boys, energy and exuberance trump technique

Letters

Off the "X", Beaching Out, The Low Down

The Bored Patrol

Border Patrol agents in South Texas contend they are getting paid to stay put as illegal immigrants go around them. Is this how the much-hyped crackdown along the Rio Grande is supposed to work?

Tresspassers Will Be Prosecuted

Ranch Rescue's Jack Foote swears he just wants to mend fences. Is pseudomilitary secrecy, right-wing rhetoric and an armed vigilante militia the best way?

Death Row Show

The media makes causes of more and more capital murder convicts. Meanwhile, John Albert Burks dies almost unnoticed, just another inmate moving along on the efficient execution assembly line of Texas justice.

Rebmaster

Web designer George Kalas wanted to re-fight the Civil War. Instead, he started one in his own movement.

Boogie Nights

Music, a Houston DJ andthe lure of Austin

Letters

The Few, The Proud, the Battered

At Harlingen's Marine Military Academy, the line between discipline and abuse is sometimes as thin as a knife's edge

Letters

Shadow Over Texas City

Petrochemical plants and refineries are the lifeblood of Texas City's economy. But for Hester Joiner and her neighbors, all they've provided are foul odors, property damage and mysterious ailments.

Brothers of the Road

'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.

Rock and Roll Royalty

Gina Haley carries the name of a rock founder, but she'd rather make it on her own

Diamond in the Rough

Need a baseball fix? Hop over to Beaumont for Kerfeld's Frogs

A Bad Place to Die

Robbie Bayley's life led straight to his death. Only nobody could see where he was going.