A South Texas sheriff says he issued an arrest warrant for a Mexican councilwoman who had federal drug charges dropped, "because she violated state law."
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A city councilwoman from the Mexican border town of Reynosa on Monday was being held in Hidalgo County's Jail in South Texas on state drug-trafficking charges. And her lawyer told Border Report she was used by drug cartel operatives who threatened to kill her family if she didn't cooperate with them.
Suspects are in custody after members of the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team were shot at s they attempted to execute a search warrant, Sheriff Eddie Guerra.