Laredo, Texas

Federal prosecutors charged 11 individuals linked to a human smuggling operation that resulted in seven migrants, including a minor, dying in a sealed shipping container on a freight train in Laredo, Texas.

The World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, the busiest inland commercial port on the Southwest border, was temporarily closed this weekend due to dislodged federal buoys piling up under its pylons. The state’s circular border buoy string in Eagle Pass remained in position and has not floated downriver.

A Bangladeshi man appeared in court in Laredo, Texas, after being extradited from Brazil on charges of participating in a human smuggling conspiracy from Bangladesh into the United States.

A Bangladeshi man appeared in court in Laredo, Texas, after being extradited from Brazil on charges of participating in a human smuggling ring from Bangladesh to the United States.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska, during a routine training mission, injuring all four crew members. Rescuers transported the injured to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, and the Coast Guard confirmed no deaths. The crash is part of a series of three major aviation incidents in the U.S. this month.

Volunteers in Laredo, Texas, used tools like sledgehammers and fire extinguishers to rescue passengers from a burning plane crash. The Cessna Citation Latitude, operated by NetJets, had mechanical issues before crashing, killing one passenger and injuring others. Good Samaritans and police collaborated to save lives amid the emergency.

A private plane crashed onto a highway in Laredo, Texas, killing one of the six people on board and sending the others to the hospital, according to police.

Six people died of heat stroke after being smuggled into the U.S. in a train car. The incident occurred on a Union Pacific train. The train was at a rail yard in Laredo, Texas.

At least six people believed to be immigrants were found dead inside a shipping container in Texas, with a seventh body found near railroad tracks, in what authorities are calling a 'potential human smuggling event'. The incident is being investigated by federal agents. The deaths occurred near the border with Mexico in Laredo, Texas.

Six people were found dead inside a cargo train boxcar at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, near the Mexico border. The individuals, five men and one woman, were discovered by workers inspecting one of the cars. Autopsies will be conducted to determine the cause of death.

A Guatemalan man, Daniel Zavala Ramos, pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle migrants in a 2021 truck crash in Mexico that killed over 50 people. The sentencing is scheduled for July 7, with Ramos facing life imprisonment for his role in the illegal smuggling operation.