DPS launches Cold Case Investigations show to bring attention to unsolved cases in West Texas
April 19, 2021
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1of5Buy PhotoDPS Sergeant Oscar Villarreal talks about the new partnership with DRB Media 04/19/2021 that will be producing and airing 2-3 minute segments on West Texas cold cases in hopes of gaining new information. Tim Fischer/Reporter-TelegramTim Fischer/Midland Reporter-TelegramShow MoreShow Less
2of5Buy PhotoDPS Sergeant Oscar Villarreal talks about the new partnership with DRB Media 04/19/2021 that will be producing and airing 2-3 minute segments on West Texas cold cases in hopes of gaining new information. Tim Fischer/Reporter-TelegramTim Fischer/Midland Reporter-TelegramShow MoreShow Less
Vehicle that fled police crashes, killing 8 immigrants, driver is charged
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A crash that killed eight suspected undocumented immigrants in Val Verde County was apparently part of an increase in smuggling activity with thousands of migrants crossing the Mexican border into the United States.
The crash on Monday follows one in early March in California that killed 13 undocumented immigrants. Smugglers are bringing more and more migrants across the Rio Grande on rafts and have been caught hauling hundreds of them in semi-trucks, making border enforcement once again a flash point in America’s political discourse.
The south Texas wreck also comes on the heels of criticism by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has blamed the Biden Administration for the surge and enlisted the Texas Department of Public Safety to help stem the flow of immigrants.