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• Texas DPS Trooper Christian Estrada Indicted on Federal Coercion and Enticement Charges Following FBI Undercover Operation

  Published: Mar 10, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Christian Estrada, a 39-year-old Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, is facing federal charges after an FBI sting linked him to a Telegram account used to groom a fictitious...

• San Benito Resident Sentenced to Federal Prison for Violent Monopolization and Price Fixing in Border Transit Industry

  Published: Mar 4, 2026

  Section: Crime

  A 59-year-old Texas man has been ordered to serve 30 months in federal prison for his role in a criminal conspiracy to dominate the transmigrante forwarding market. The operation u...