Escobares, Texas – City Guide

A Border Patrol statement says agents seized nearly 33,000 pounds -- or 16 1/2 tons -- of marijuana over the weekend in South Texas.

A Border Patrol statement says agents seized nearly 33,000 pounds -- or 16 1/2 tons -- of marijuana over the weekend in South Texas.

Nearly 33,000 pounds of marijuana were seized near the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend, federal officials said.

Border Patrol agents and the Starr County Sheriff's Interdiction United seized more than 7,000 pounds of marijuana from a ranch northeast of Rio Grande City Sunday.

More than 1,000 pounds of marijuana were seized Saturday in Escobares, Texas, by agents assigned to the Rio Grande City Station.

U.S. Border Patrol announced the rescue of a drowning man near the Rio Grande. Agents on patrol encountered the Honduran national near a water pump on the banks of the river.

On Tuesday, agents were working near the Rio Grande when they noticed several people north of the river loading bundles of marijuana into a Ford Expedition.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector seized more than 7 tons of marijuana in five days, this week, officials said.

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector say they have seized more than 7 tons of marijuana in five days.

Hotels across Texas are participating in a program that provides free rooms today for those who have friends or family in a hospital, nursing home or treatment center over the holidays.