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January 25, 2012 / Crime & Courts

La Joya man sentenced for marijuana possession

The Willacy County and District Attorney’s Office announced today that Rene Llarza, 33, of La Joya, Texas was found guilty in the 197th District Court by Judge Migdalia Lopez and was sentenced to 3 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Just More...

Mexico enacts rules against “miracle cure” ads

MEXICO CITY ( AP) - Mexico has moved to ban advertising for the plethora of so-called “miracle cures” for weight loss, sagging body parts and more serious illnesses. More...

Willacy County Sheriff’s Dept. Report

Larry G. Spence, Sheriff

JANUARY 18 - Harassment/ terroristic threat, N. Bus. 77, Sebastian. Structure fire, E. 5th St., LaSara. Accident, 400 blk W. Gem, Raymondville. Theft, E. FM 490, Raymondville. Disorderly conduct, 6th St., LaSara. More...

High court says San Antonio court erred in redistricting

STATE CAPITOL HIGHLIGHTS

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 20 struck down the interim redistricting plans for the state of Texas authored by a three-judge panel of the San Antonio-based U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas. More...

Mexico extradites Texas kidnap suspect

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico says it has extradited a man accused of sexually assaulting a girl and trying to kidnap the teenager and her mother to prevent them from testifying against him. Suspect Ezequiel Moreno faces charges in Dallas. More...

Mexican officials: ‘Chapo’ aide killed in gunfight

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican officials say members of an army special forces unit fatally shot a high-ranking aide to the country’s most-wanted drug dealer in a gunfight in the northern state of Durango. More...

13 killed, 8 at funeral, in violent Mexican state

ACAPULCO, Mexico ( AP) - Police say eight men were killed in an attack on a funeral in a rural area of Guerrero, part of a death toll of 13 over the weekend in the southern state plagued by drug violence. More...

RAYMONDVILLE POLICE BLOTTER

JANUARY 23 - Accident, 7th and Raymond. Incident: Child welfare concern, 600 blk W. Yturria. Incident: Verbal, 600 blk N. 7th. Arrested: 2 female juveniles, assault causing bodily injury ( FV), 200 blk E. Yturria. More...