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Border Patrol Agents Seize Over 1,000 Pounds of Loco Weed
EDINBURG, TX – On Wednesday, Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents seized over 1,100 pounds of marijuana, valued at over $886K. Early Wednesday morning, an agent from the Fort Brown (FTB) Border Patrol Station advised nearby agents that he had a visual of three subjects carrying bundles approaching the levee in Brownsville, TX. FTB agents responded to the area and seized three bundles of marijuana. While searching the area, the agents observed the three subjects return to Mexico. The weight of the marijuana was nearly 99 pounds with an estimated value $79K. Shortly thereafter, on the other side of the Rio Grande Valley, Rio Grande City Border Patrol agents working near Garceno, Texas, noticed shoe prints leading into an area with thick vegetation. After following the shoe prints into the thicket, they discovered seven abandoned bundles of marijuana. An extensive search of the area, rev ....
Updated: 1:01 PM PST, December 10, 2020 It took first-responders nearly six hours to rescue a young boy after he fell down a 44-foot well in Texas this week, according to reports. The 4-year-old boy fell into the well when he was with his parents in Garceno Wednesday, KVUE-TV reported. It took first responders nearly six hours to rescue a young boy after he fell down a 44-foot well in Texas this week, according to reports. The 4-year-old boy fell into the well when he was with his parents in Garceno Wednesday, KVUE-TV reported. “Any vibration, any wrong strike of a shovel, could cause more soil to fall into the hole where the victim was at,” assistant Mission Fire Chief Robert Alvarez said. “We used what is called a vector truck, [which] is a big truck with a vacuum system on it,” said Alvarez. “That’s what we used to start taking the dirt out.” ....
4-year-old Texas boy rescued from well hole after six hours and last updated 2020-12-10 21:29:22-05 GARCENO, TX â A 4-year-old Texas boy was rescued from a well hole after a six-hour mission by first responders. The boy went into the eight to 10 inch-wide hole shortly before 4:30 p.m., according to Assistant Chief Robert Alvarez of the Mission Fire Department. He fell eight to nine feet down before being trapped in the narrowing passage. In order to get to the boy, first responders dug a hole parallel to the one the boy was trapped in, then broke away the divider in sections. However, the ground was made of shell rock, which made the rescue difficult. ....
The boy was walking with his parents Tuesday when he fell and got stuck in a pipe that was a little less than 10 inches in diameter, authorities said. ....