Southern District of Texas

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News
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A 50-year-old Honduran national has been charged with smuggling more than four dozen people in a refrigerated tractor-trailer
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A 59-year-old resident of League City has been indicted on multiple counts to include coercion and enticement of a minor, and possession and production of child sexual abuse...
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A 56-year-old Columbian national illegally residing in Houston has been charged for theft of government funds, false representation of a U.S. citizen and aggravated identity theft
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A total of 318 cases have been filed in relation to immigration and border security from Nov. 14-20
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A 48-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing a firearm after being previously convicted of three serious drug felonies
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A 38-year-old local resident has been ordered to prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and distribution of crack cocaine