Apocalypse Sow: Can Anything Stop the Feral Hog Invasion? As the guards helped pack his belongings, the deejay at one of Ojinagas favorite radio stations repeated the news to listeners on both sides of the Rio Grande. Carrying six passengers, the four-seat aircraft was under-fueled and overloaded, investigators said. Peters attempted to smuggle five undocumented immigrants into the U.S. using a small plane. With so much drug trafficking and death, the attorney general for the state of Chihuahua, which makes up fully one . At age 41, it was the younger Herreras first mortgageenough, friends say, to make him tone down the partying. Then they brought out the handcuffs. Baca Magaa believes that it was prepared only after the state discovered the mismatch in names, then slipped into Herreras file. One of the undocumented individuals injured in the crash suffered a back injury, was life-flighted to an El Paso hospital and remains in a wheelchair today, the DOJ noted in a press release. Every day, the Herreras made pleas to the Chihuahua prosecutors, to the media, to Jesus Christ himself. Law&Crime reached out to Peters attorney for comment on the resolution of the case. They have also brought him letters, stacks of notes that his customers drop into a big basket at the store. But then the judge thinks, I could be fired. Although he has a thirteen-year-old daughter with whom he is very close, he has never married (her mother lives in Presidio and has married). The arrest ended a three-month long manhunt after Peters crashed a plane with undocumented migrants onboard just past the Presidio-Lely Airport on December 30. Matt Naham Feb 8th, 2023, 9:07 am. On Thursday, July 5, Magistrate Rosa Isela Jurado Contreras accepted Herreras case. A veteran of the DEA at the time, he had previously served in Mexico and Panama and was partner to Kiki Camarena, the DEA agent violently tortured and murdered in Mexico in 1985. She brings him food twice daily and picks out his clothes every morning, carrying them in a plastic grocery bag tied with a knot, then departs with his dirty jeans, shorts, and sweat-stained shirts. At the annual Onion Festival on May 19, the star of the parade was Junies Chevy Bel Air, which was tugged on a flatbed and revved up when it rolled by the H&H Supermarket. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Extra weight, plus low fuel, helped bring the plane down north of the Presidio Lely International Airport around 3:50 p.m. on Dec. 30. Performance & security by Cloudflare. An investigation by authorities found the pilot of the 4-seat aircraft was allegedly smuggling undocumented migrants out of [] And he gained notoriety for breaking a man accused of rape in the U.S. out of a Mexican prison, dragging him back across the border and tying him to a tree naked for the local authorities to find. Jobs are scant besides those in the schools, the government agencies, the ranches and the cantaloupe, onion, and alfalfa fields. Where citizenship had always been a second thought, now those north of the Rio Grande fiercely asserted their nationality, to the point that Presidios fight for Herrera at times resembled an international war. Raising Junies spirits is a family project. Hug your cousin! Junie Herrera looks only briefly confused when he turns to me. There are no windows in this place. The iconiclawman was once a symbolof the War on Drugs.. Phone: 432-729-4911. McNamara, now 82, lives in Oregon with his wife. In just a few minutes the big SUV approached the narrow bridge that links the two towns, and Herrera now says that he was overcome when the U.S. Customs agent asked him for his nationality. In a country known to repress the media, a murdered journalist like Ortega Mata only worsened Gonzlez Rascns image. Dryly, they informed him that they had un orden de aprehensin por homicidio and that he was under arrest. He likely suffered serious head trauma and may have also lost one of his eyes. Garca Gmez had quietly withstood Baca Magaas piercing remarks that afternoon, but then his patience broke. Why dont you tell him [Junie] that? Baca Magaa thundered. She says Thompsons status as a law enforcement official is the key reason that he was sentenced tolife. Rick Thompson was widely admired by Marfa residents and was a shoe-in for his upcoming election to a fifth term as Presidio County Sheriff. The man, 51, was charged with . Presidio, though, is hardly immune to the lucrative border business. Baca Magaa worried, though, that the following Friday, July 13, the court system would shut down for a two-week vacation. The Sheriff's Office is responsible for patrolling any unincorporated areas of the county or areas not covered by the municipal Police . I dont know what words they [state prosecutors] use to suggest that Junie shouldnt be let out. They want me to describe what life has been like for this family since April 29. They were judicialesstate police. Baca Magaa, then, had two separate jobs: to prove Herreras innocence and more important, to figure out how to get him out of prison. His leg shakes constantly as he absently traces circles in the center of his forehead with his index finger. El Fay retracted his previous declaration, confessing that La Tecata had persuaded him to testify and that the two had been paid off by the states investigators. Prison gang members usually arrive in the mix amongst the inmates without incident however, occasionally a combination of inmates results in disobedience and disruption. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. Chely was beginning to shed her anger by the time dozens of friends poured in to see Junie the weekend after his release, but her older sister, Marta, was still furious. Now 73, he lives in Midland, Texas with his wife, and remains close to his two sons and daughter. In 1992 Presidio County sheriff Rick Thompson was caught with a ton of cocaine. President Fox has pledged to clean up the system, but that job will take decades of work. The iconic lawman was once a symbolof the "War on Drugs.". Unfortunately, a lot of injustices are committed here. Even the Ojinaga mayor, a member of the states minority partythe National Action Party, or PANcalled for Herreras freedom. It was Junie who introduced people from both sides of the border to one another at annual Super Bowl parties in his home, Junie who could persuade a group of men aged eighteen to seventy to buy a lottery ticket together. He is a wealthy rancher and along with his father, one of the most prominent lawyers in Chihuahua. That trailer had been forfeited to the sheriff's office in a previous case. You know how things work.. Job. The longer officials remained mute, the louder the protests became. Recently he had reported that the fugitive drug trafficker Joaqun El Chapo Guzmn, allegedly the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, might be hiding out near Ojinaga. Although many still believe he was not directly involved in smuggling for an extended period of time, the DEA disputes this and pins several more tons of cocaine and marijuana smuggling on him for at least six years before his arrest. Our peoples spirits. "I do feel that consideration of longevity . While Presidio is known as the hottest place in Texasthe temperature routinely exceeds 110 degrees in the summer Ojinagas claim to fame is more dubious. He often made a pilgrimage to the Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio. Peters time on the lam lasted only three months, however. Yet prosecutors pushed forward anyway. But Herrera finally buckled down last February, when he borrowed $250,000 to buy out his uncles share of the store. PETERS is believes to have severe head trauma and possibly lost an eye during the event.. Legally, its an extremely simple case for me because the prosecution has no evidence, no testimony, no scientific proofnothing that implicates my client in the crime, Baca Magaa said. The fountain, which flanks the January 8th Memorial at the west entrance of the Pima County Historic Courthouse, was shut down several years ago due to concerns about leaking and possible damage to the underground parking garage beneath it. PETERS then fled the scene left multiple individuals at the scene with severe bodily injuries. UPDATE: Tobias Penner Peters is wanted for his involvement in a human trafficking attempt on December 30th, 2021. AN ORDER APPROVING AN ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT FOR BOND COUNSEL LEGAL SERVICES WITH NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP; AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, Public Hearing on Proposed Presidio County Budget. Visit VINELink.com to check the custody status of your Offender. The pilot attempted to smuggle illegal immigrants from Presidio by air. Theedition of Presidio County's Big Bend Sentinelthat reported the "billion dollar coke bust in Marfa" that led to Thompson's arrest also featured an article about the sheriff announcing his re-election bid on the same front page. The life sentence of former Presidio County Sheriff Rick Thompson for a federal drug trafficking conviction has been reduced to 30 years. They had a common goal: a gaudy, three-foot-tall trophy that when Herrera won, he would showcase in the grocery store he owned with his father, whose patrons were mostly from Mexico. Knowing well the jails 100-plus temperatures from her visits, every night she freezes bottles of water for him. June 10, 2020 625 PM. (432) 729-4308. Presidio police officers, U.S. Border Patrol, Presidio EMS, TXDOT and Presidio Fire Department arrived on the scene to assist the search and rescue efforts. His arrest for cocaine trafficking shocked Marfa and the law enforcement officers he had befriended and worked with for years. Social life and even family life here was profoundly international: Often, ones mother, best friend, or significant other lived on the opposite side of a tollbooth. Drawer V | Marfa, TX 79843 | Confidential communication can be sent to Sheriff D Name: Hernandez, Saul, Date of Arrest: 01/01/21, Charge: No Driver's License . It is known as a leading transshipment point for drugs headed for the United States, and the rugged mountains on both sides of the border serve to shield drug runners. Name: Hernandez, Saul, Date of Arrest: 01/01/21, Charge: No Driver's License, Name: Gates, Barry, Date of Arrest: 01/02/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Name: Varner, Samantha, Date of Arrest: 01/04/21, Charge: Criminal Trespass, Name: Hanovinikian, Joseph, Date of Arrest: 01/04/21, Charge: Criminal Trespass, Name: Montoya-Perez, Ivan, Date of Arrest: 01/16/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Ibarra, Joel, Date of Arrest: 01/17/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Acosta, Vivian, Date of Arrest: 01/19/21, Charge: Terroristic Threat, Name: Mauzy, Van, Date of Arrest: 01/21/21, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Name: Baeza, Juan, Date of Arrest: 01/25/21, Charge: Parole Violation, Name: Ervies-Lopez, Alonso, Date of Arrest: 01/23/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Lujan-Castillo, Jose, Date of Arrest: 01/26/21, Charge: Aggravated Assault Causing Bodily Injury, Name: Deval-Sanchez, Jose, Date of Arrest: 01/28/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Shaddox, Michael, Date of Arrest: 01/28/21, Charge: Sale of Alcohol to Minors, Name: Lujan, Gilberto, Date of Arrest: 01/27/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Padilla, Manuel, Date of Arrest: 01/29/21, Charge: Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon, Name: Simpson, Charles, Date of Arrest: 01/30/21, Charge: Assault Causing Bodily Injury to Family Member, Name: Simpson, Rita, Date of Arrest: 01/30/21, Charge: Assault Causing Bodily Injury to Family Member, Name: Delgado, Cesar, Date of Arrest: 01/30/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Larremore, James, Date of Arrest: 01/31/21, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Warrant Service, Name: McDaniel, Kevin, Date of Arrest: 01/30/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Rebollar, Raul Sr., Date of Arrest: 01/31/21, Charge: Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle, Name: Torres, Samson, Date of Arrest: 01/30/21, Charge: Burglary of Building, Name: Maradiaga, Moises, Date of Arrest: 02/01/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Bojorquez, Hermul, Date of Arrest: 02/03/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Stokes, Kalysa, Date of Arrest: 02/08/21, Charge: Theft of Property, Name: Liceaga, Jacqueline, Date of Arrest: 02/12/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Nunez, Anthony, Date of Arrest: 02/18/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Navarro, Erica, Date of Arrest: 02/20/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Juarez-Valencia, Jonathan, Date of Arrest: 02/21/21, Charge: Unlawful Transport of Person for Pecuniary Benefit, 6 counts, Name: Escobar, Humberto, Date of Arrest: 02/24/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Crofton, Harry IV, Date of Arrest: 02/26/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Ramos-Hernandez, Jose, Date of Arrest: 03/01/21, Charge: Manufacture/Delivery of Heroin, Name: Escalante, Angel Jr., Date of Arrest: 03/04/21, Charge: Probation Revocation, Name: Chavez-Hernandez, Alejandro, Date of Arrest: 03/11/21, Charge: Assault Family Member, Injury to a Child, Name: Olivas, Raul, Date of Arrest: 03/15/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Garcia-Reyes, Jorge, Date of Arrest: 03/16/21, Charge: Forgery, Name: Luna, Fabian, Date of Arrest: 03/20/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Warrant Service- Burglary of Vehicle, Name: Urias, Justin, Date of Arrest: 03/20/21, Charge: Warrant Service- Credit Card Abuse, Name: Garcia-Moren, Efrain, Date of Arrest: 03/20/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated with Open Container, Name: Flores, Carlos, Date of Arrest: 03/24/21, Charge: Warrant Service- Reckless Driving, Name: Vidal, Andrew, Date of Arrest: 03/24/21, Charge: Failure to Appear, Warrant Service- Evading Arrest with Motor Vehicle, Name: Baeza, Paul, Date of Arrest: 03/26/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Perez, Giovanna, Date of Arrest: 03/26/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Cook, Marissa, Date of Arrest: 03/27/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Name: Torres, Jesus, Date of Arrest: 03/29/21, Charge: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Name: Reyes-Franco, Luis, Date of Arrest: 03/30/21, Charge: Smuggling of Persons, Name: Rodriguez, Stacie, Date of Arrest: 03/30/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Ortiz, Ramon, Date of Arrest: 04/01/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Beltran, Georgina, Date of Arrest: 04/02/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Suchil, Antonio Sr., Date of Arrest: 04/02/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Martinez-Velez, Agustin, Date of Arrest: 04/03/21, Charge: Possession of Prohibited Cockfighting Implements, Name: Vasquez, Heriberto, Date of Arrest: 04/06/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Name: Galindo, Jorge Jr., Date of Arrest: 04/08/21, Charge: Warrant Service, Name: Olveda, Lucinda, Date of Arrest: 04/13/21, Charge: Warrant Service - Lynn County, Name: Serrano, Patricio, Date of Arrest: 04/15/21, Charge: Warrant Service - Ector County, Name: Rulvabcalba-Perez, Ricardo, Date of Arrest: 04/17/21, Charge: Warrant Service - Ward County, Name: Lopez-Irigoyen, Edgar, Date of Arrest: 04/19/21, Charge: Warrant Service - Midland County, Name: Favela, Jorge, Date of Arrest: 04/20/21, Charge: Money Laundering, Name: Valles, Daniel, Date of Arrest: 04/24/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Simpson, Minacherey, Date of Arrest: 04/25/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Name: Zubia-Arenivas, Ernesto, Date of Arrest: 04/26/21, Charge: Assault Causing Bodily Injury, Name: Olivas-Villa, Alfredo, Date of Arrest: 04/29/21, Charge: Aggravated Assault, Name: Ramirez, Brandon, Date of Arrest: 04/30/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Wise, Noah, Date of Arrest: 05/06/21, Charge: Probation Violation, Name: Gonzalez, Alexis, Date of Arrest: 05/11/21, Charge: Failure to Appear, Name: Lemus-Tharp, Pedro, Date of Arrest: 05/14/21, Charge: Harassment, Name: Anaya, Rigoberto, Date of Arrest: 05/14/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Santillan-Hernandez, Jesus, Date of Arrest: 05/14/21, Charge: Smuggling of Persons, Name: Avelar-Chavez, Edgar, Date of Arrest: 05/15/21, Charge: Public Intoxication, Name: Cruz-Martinez, Abel, Date of Arrest: 05/15/21, Charge: Public Intoxication, Name: Diaz-Arriaga, Sambri, Date of Arrest: 05/15/21, Charge: Public Intoxication, Name: Hernandez-Lopez, Jose, Date of Arrest: 05/15/21, Charge: Public Intoxication, Name: Lopez-Escarcega, David, Date of Arrest: 05/15/21, Charge: Public Intoxication, Name: Magana-Perez, Jose, Date of Arrest: 05/16/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Perez-Veina, Pedro, Date of Arrest: 05/19/21, Charge: Possession of Prohibited Cockfighting Implements, Name: Snow, Maia, Date of Arrest: 05/21/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated with Open Container, Name: Aguayo-Salazar, Hector, Date of Arrest: 05/25/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Warrant Service - Failure to Appear, El Paso County, Name: Guerrero-Castro, Omar, Date of Arrest: 05/28/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Almaraz, Felix, Date of Arrest: 05/29/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Castille, Raymon, Date of Arrest: 06/10/21, Charge: Theft of Property, Delivery of Marijuana, Name: Briones, John, Date of Arrest: 06/12/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Terroristic Threat, Name: Baeza, Abel, Date of Arrest: 06/14/21, Charge: Theft of Service, Name: Avila-Andujo, Jose, Date of Arrest: 06/22/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Estrada, Jesus III, Date of Arrest: 06/25/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Fields, Lilliana, Date of Arrest: 06/26/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Name: Sanchez-Mata, Alberto, Date of Arrest: 06/26/21, Charge: indecent Exposure, Evading Arrest, Name: Cano, Michael, Date of Arrest: 06/26/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Carrasco, Sergio, Date of Arrest: 06/29/21, Charge: Violation of Protective Order, Name: McNeil, John, Date of Arrest: 07/03/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Name: Herrera-Hernandez, Katherine, Date of Arrest: 07/04/21, Charge: Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information, Name: Jimenez, Emmanuel, Date of Arrest: 07/04/21, Charge: Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information, Name: Bell, Benjamin, Date of Arrest: 07/09/21, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Name: Carrillo-Carrasco, Yasmin, Date of Arrest: 07/14/21, Charge: Smuggling of Persons, Name: Flores, Roberto, Date of Arrest: 07/15/21, Charge: Assault Family Member, Name: Salazar-Armendariz, Jose, Date of Arrest: 07/15/21, Charge: Criminal Mischief, Name: Juarez, Alejandro, Date of Arrest: 07/21/21, Charge: Smuggling of Persons, Name: Rivera, Alexis, Date of Arrest: 07/23/21, Charge: No Driver's License, Name: Haines, Kyle, Date of Arrest: 07/25/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Caine, Christopher, Date of Arrest: 07/25/21, Charge: Assault Family Member, Name: Garcia, Guadalupe, Date of Arrest: 07/27/21, Charge: False Report to Peace Officer, Name: Groitzsch, Todd Jr., Date of Arrest: 08/03/21, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Name: Carmona, Raul, Date of Arrest: 08/06/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Rojo, Ricky, Date of Arrest: 08/06/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Estrada, Gerardo, Date of Arrest: 08/07/21, Charge: No Driver's License, Name: Rojo, Ricky, Date of Arrest: 08/08/21, Charge: Assault Public Servant, Terroristic Threat, Resisting Arrest, Name: Urias, Faustino, Date of Arrest: 08/11/21, Charge: Indecent Exposure, Name: Salcido, Jesus, Date of Arrest: 08/19/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Rosas, Christian, Date of Arrest: 08/23/21, Charge: Violation of Protective Order, Name: Cabello, Julio, Date of Arrest: 09/05/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Hinojos, David, Date of Arrest: 09/13/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Valdez, Lorenzo Jr., Date of Arrest: 09/14/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Name: Amaya, Jesus, Date of Arrest: 09/16/21, Charge: Evading Arrest, Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Spitzer, Michael, Date of Arrest: 09/18/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Possession of Marijuana, Name: Cano, Javier, Date of Arrest: 09/18/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Guerrero, Visente, Date of Arrest: 09/19/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Garcia, Jesse Jr., Date of Arrest: 09/20/21, Charge: Sexual Assault, Name: Sandoval, Jeriekyle, Date of Arrest: 09/21/21, Charge: Warrant Service- Assault, Cooke County, Name: Saenz, Minerva, Date of Arrest: 09/24/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Walton, David, Date of Arrest: 09/25/21, Charge: Warrant Service - Aggravated Robbery, Bexar County, Name: Juarez-Machuca, Ruben, Date of Arrest: 10.09/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Bayless, Samuel, Date of Arrest: 10/10/21, Charge: Warrant Service- Driving While Intoxicated, Bexar County, Name: Salazar, Francisco, Date of Arrest: 10/12/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Renteria, Teodoro, Date of Arrest: 10/12/21, Charge: Indecency with a Child, Name: Acosta, Vivan, Date of Arrest: 10/18/21, Charge: Criminal Trespass, Name: Lopez, Jose, Date of Arrest: 10/20/21, Charge: Warrant Service - Assault Family Member Impeding Breath Circulation, Sarpy County, Nebraska, Name: Blackmon, Chera, Date of Arrest: 10/23/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Name: Casey, David, Date of Arrest: 11/06/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Delgado, Robert, Date of Arrest: 11/09/21, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Bennett, Andrew, Date of Arrest: 11/10/21, Charge: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, No Driver's License, Name: Caulfield, Candice, Date of Arrest: 11/13/21, Charge: Warrant Service- Failure to Appear with original charge of Trafficking Children for Sexual Purposes - Jefferson Parish, LA, Name: Ramirez, Karen, Date of Arrest: 11/13/21, Charge: No Driver's License, Name: Pando, Christian, Date of Arrest: 11/13/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Jimenez, Arturo Jr., Date of Arrest: 11/14/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Possession of Marijuana, Name: Voigtman, Kyle, Date of Arrest: 11/15/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Garcia, Jose, Date of Arrest: 11/19/21, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Name: Aguilar, Travis, Date of Arrest: 11/21/21, Charge: Assault Family Member Impeding Breath/Circulation, Name: Saenz, Ramiro, Date of Arrest: 11/23/21, Charge: Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Controlled Substance, Name: Breu, Michael, Date of Arrest: 11/28/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Zavala, Jennifer, Date of Arrest: 11/29/21, Charge: Failure to Appear - Original Charge- Possession of Marijuana 5 to 50 lbs, Name: Sanchez, Edgardo, Date of Arrest: 12/06/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Gibson, Thalia, Date of Arrest: 12/07/21, Charge: Failure to Appear - Original Charge- Export of Stolen Vehicle, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Name: Curry, Robert, Date of Arrest: 12/08/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Ibarra, Alonso, Date of Arrest: 12/11/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Tampering with/or Fabricating Evidence, Coercion of Public Servant, Terroristic Threat, Name: Estrada, Andrea, Date of Arrest: 12/14/21, Charge: Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity, Name: Chavez, Luis, Date of Arrest: 12/15/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Vargas, Olimar, Date of Arrest: 12/18/21, Charge: Driving While License Invalid, Name: Tijerina, Jeremiah, Date of Arrest: 12/20/21, Charge: Driving While Intoxicated, Name: Martinez, Lauren, Date of Arrest: 12/31/21, Charge: Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana. Charge: Warrant Service - Assault Family Member Impeding Breath Circulation, Sarpy County, Nebraska. Ignoring the presence of a reporter in the room, he issued a stunning declaration. Chambers, now 65, was quick to cooperate with federal officials and only served 13 years of a life sentence. If you have any information on this or any other illegal activity in Presidio County, please contact the Presidio County Sheriffs office at 432-729-4848 or 432-729-4911. Then he added, But theres something there. In 1990 American journalist Terrence Poppa published Drug Lord, an enthralling look at Acostas life in which he argued that drug dealing in Chihuahua and throughout Mexico is controlled and protected top-down, involving state governorships, federal and state police, and the military. Court documents show that Peters pleaded guilty to violating 8 U.S.C. OJINAGA, Mexico Under the international bridge connecting this town to Presidio, Texas, a human smuggling guide snorted cocaine with a buddy and two prostitutes the chosen fruits from leading a large group of Central American immigrants on a long backpacking journey to new American lives. Presidio County Sheriff Information. The sheriff who had been a media darling in the war on drugs was later arrested, charged with drug trafficking, and sentenced to life. He now lives in Granbury, Texas. The prosecutors had introduced a Mexican border-crossing video that was supposed to prove that Herrera had been in Ojinaga the night of the murder. The life sentence of former Presidio County Sheriff Rick Thompson for a federal drug trafficking conviction has been reduced to 30 years. (The name, Presidio, thus is a working title.) Tobias Penner Peters admitted Thursday that he crashed a small plane with five undocumented immigrants aboard not long after taking off from Presidio Airport, located mere minutes from the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the Department of Justice. Deputies arrived on the scene and assisted the injured passengers when they discovered that the crash was a smuggling attempt gone wrong. It was three-thirty, then four. property may have severe damage or be subject to county/city orders not described in the auction. All their lives they had crossed that boundary. ', There were other signs that law enforcement was breaking rank, nowhere more evident than at a July 5 hearing. In other border cities people of the same skin color will group themselves by citizenship and class. An old schoolmate of Herreras brother-in-law, he took on Junies case after the family fired its first attorney. http://hyper-reach.com/txpresidiosignup.html, Presidio County Courthouse Federal authorities said he turned himself in at the Presidio Port of Entry. ezTaskTitanium TM. You have to have courage because I dont want you getting sick, she says in her raspy voice, making two fists with her hands. In December 1913 the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa attacked Ojinaga; by January he was in control. He lives in a six- by eight-foot cell, into which he has crammed a twin bed given to him by a family friend so that he will not have to sleep on a dingy sponge mattress like the other prisoners. The Presidio County Sheriff's Office will continue to investigate this incident pending the results of the autopsy and the Mexican Consulate has been told to attempt to find the next of kin. Tonight he was clad in Wranglers, a short-sleeve Tommy Hilfiger cotton blend, and pointy black cowboy boots. He took the office after his predecessor, Sheriff Hank Hamilton, was gunned down in 1973 by a mentally unstable man. In the predawn hours of Dec. 3, 1991 a few miles from the border town of Presidio, federal agents said that a pickup truck with more than a ton of cocaine had forded the Rio Grande. Whoever did this doesnt know how much they killed my brothers spirits, Marta said one afternoon. Then things got worse. Emailus. Drawer V | Marfa, TX 79843 | Confidential communication can be sent to Sheriff. Though La Tecata didnt recognize the man that she allegedly saw shoot the journalist, she said that the following day she had described him to Arturo El Fay Molina Aguirre, a fellow addict who shines shoes for a living. The memories hurt. The next day, the then sheriff of Presidio County, Rick Thompson, parked a horse trailer at the County Fairgrounds in Marfa. Herreras world is small, tightly circumscribed, and brutally hot. The federal docket in the case indicated sentencing was set for 8 a.m. on April 25 in U.S. District Judge David Counts courtroom. McNamara often battled to obtain public records from officials and sued the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court in an attempt to acquire records in the Thompson case. A Seminole man is wanted by the Presidio County Sheriffs Office for human smuggling, A plane carrying illegal immigrants crashed in Presidio County, Midland Police detain suspect in shooting, New Mexico teen Alexis Avila found guilty of throwing infant in dumpster, Man with Down syndrome charged in 2 separate murders. Judge thinks, I could be fired the system, but that job will take decades of.... Matt Naham Feb 8th, 2023, 9:07 am Marfa and the law enforcement breaking... Carrying six passengers, the ranches and the cantaloupe, onion, and remains close to his two and... 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