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South Texas police chief pushes for increased border patrol: 'They can obviously use more help’
The southern border crisis has had reverberating effects on his city’s safety and authorities need more help, the Del Rio, Texas chief of police said in an interview.
“One of the things that impacts us the most is human smuggling that comes through here; they have a disregard for life it seems like as they come through,” police chief Frank Ramirez told Fox News Digital.
Ramirez said drivers involved in human smuggling operations often drive very “recklessly”, causing safety concerns for the town.
Ramirez said he joined around the same time of the Haitian migrant surge that occurred in Del Rio in September 2021. Ramirez said since then, they have had “influxes like that,” but believes Customs and Border Patrol is better prepared and working with law enforcement to handle influxes.
Del Rio, Texas Chief of Police Frank Ramirez calls for more border patrol agents to deal with migrant crossings. (Fox News)
“The great part is that we work with DPS, and we have a great relationship with Border Patrol, and we work as one,” Ramirez said.
Ramirez added, “Border Patrol, I know, they’re doing the best they can with the people they have, but, they can obviously use more help.”
Ramirez said it would greatly help their community for Border Patrol to have more manpower.
“They (Border Patrol) do have some pretty good technology, but with the processing, it takes so long to process and … it takes a lot of their agents. And I know that that’s something that they’re really wanting.”
“For the most part, just more manpower for the Border Patrol, I think, would be one of the major things that would help over here,” he added.
Ramirez believes that a lot of people coming across the border are coming for a “better way of life” but that there is also a “bad element” for some of the people crossing as well.
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Texas residents who live along the southern border spoke with Fox News Digital about how the ongoing border crisis has directly affected their lives.
“Personally, I think that we’re going to see something similar to a 9/11 at some point in the future. Biden opened the door, folks,” said Paul Henrich, a rancher in Quemado, Texas.
This comes as 87% of voters say the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is an emergency (44%) or a major problem (43%). That’s an increase since February, when about 8 in 10 felt it was an emergency (41%) or major problem (37%), according to the latest Fox News national survey.
Fox News Digital also discovered an old, abandoned bus that was filled to the brim with the clothes of men, women and children. Other clothing was found in the brush between various houses.
This photo shows an abandoned bus in Del Rio, Texas filled with the clothing of men, women and children. (Fox News)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office stated in June that crossings along the Mexico-Texas border have decreased by 74% since implementing Operation Lone Star beginning in 2021.
Abbott launched Operation Lone Star to surge resources and law enforcement to the border. As part of that operation, he set up a buoy border barrier in the Rio Grande River, which sparked a lawsuit from the federal government.
Separately, the Biden administration has sued Texas over a recently signed anti-illegal immigration law that allows state and local law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants. The administration says it interferes with the federal government’s authority and frustrates U.S. immigration operations and proceedings, in addition to hurting relations with foreign governments.
“Texas is holding the line at our southern border with miles of additional razor wire and anti-climb barriers to deter and repel the record-high levels of illegal immigration invited by President Biden’s reckless open border policies. Instead of enforcing federal immigration laws, the Biden administration allows unfettered access for Mexican cartels to smuggle people into our country,” Abbott spokesperson Renae Eze told Fox News in January.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, Texas border encounters dropped in June of this year, and in July there were 46,250 encounters; this number does not include any gotaways.
Fiscal year 2023 broke the record for encounters with over 2.4 million, while December had nearly 250,000 encounters in a single month.
At the Democratic National Convention, Harris said she would sign the bipartisan Senate border bill that Trump did not support and which many conservatives have derided as ineffective. The bill would require hundreds of millions of unspent funds to be used on the border wall. However, according to Harris’ advisers, the bill does not provide additional funding for the border wall.
Elizabeth Heckman and Nikolas Lanum reported from Texas.
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Three Texas teens are behind bars for what police say was an attempt to murder their mother following a household squabble over internet permissions.
The siblings – ages 14, 15 and 16 – allegedly coordinated to kill their mother after she turned off their Wi-Fi access, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a social media post.
On March 23, deputies responded to a disturbance in the 3400 block of Barkers Crossing Avenue in Houston.
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Three Texas siblings are facing charges after they allegedly conspired to stab their mother to death after she turned off the Wi-Fi. (iStock)
When officers arrived, they discovered the three teens had allegedly attempted to stab their mother by grabbing kitchen knives and chasing her through the house and into the street, where she was then struck by a brick, according to Gonzalez.
Their grandmother attempted to protect the teens’ mother, but was knocked over in the scuffle.
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The three Texas teens allegedly chased their mother with kitchen knives before throwing a brick at her, according to police. (iStock)
The three siblings were arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. They are currently being held in the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center.
Neither the teens’ mother, nor their grandmother, were seriously injured during the incident. Due to their ages, no further information has been released.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office arrested the teenagers. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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The entrance to the Republican Party headquarters in Albuquerque was destroyed in an alleged arson attack and vandalism attempt, according to the organization.
The alleged incident happened early Sunday morning after the organization shared images showing the damage to the entryway of the building.
The Albuquerque Fire Department also confirmed the alleged attack, saying they were dispatched to the call right before 6 a.m. and said the fire was brought under control within five minutes of fire crews’ arrival, the department said in a post on their Facebook page.
The structure suffered damage to the front entryway and smoke damage throughout the building, the department said, and added that there were no injuries to civilians or firefighters reported.
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The Republican Party of New Mexico’s headquarters in Albuquerque were part of an alleged arson attempt, according to the organization. (X/@NewMexicoGOP)
The fire department, along with the Albuquerque Police Department, said this is an active and ongoing joint FBI/ATF investigation.
Republican Party of New Mexico Chairwoman Amy Barela shared the images in a post on X, claiming the alleged vandalism was “a deliberate act of arson which also included spray-painting the words ‘ICE=KKK.’
Officials confirm there is an active and ongoing investigation into an alleged arson attempt at the Republican Party of New Mexico’s headquarters in Albuquerque. (X/@NewMexicoGOP)
“This horrific attack, fueled by hatred and intolerance, is a direct assault on our values, freedoms, and our right to political expression,” Barela wrote.
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Barela continued, stating that this alleged action “is not an isolated incident.”
“It is part of a disturbing pattern of politically motivated violence that has plagued our country—fueled in part by the silence and implicit encouragement from progressive leaders who refuse to condemn these acts,” Barela said.
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The Albuquerque Fire Department was called to an alleged arson attempt at the Republican Party of New Mexico’s headquarters in Albuquerque early Sunday morning. (Albuquerque Fire Department Facebook)
The chairwoman added that they are working closely with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), local law enforcement, and federal investigators and “are committed to providing every piece of evidence necessary to bring those responsible to justice and ensure they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“We are deeply relieved that no one was harmed in what could have been a tragic and deadly attack,” the chairwoman wrote.
“Those who resort to violence to undermine our state and nation must be held accountable, and our state leaders must reinforce through decisive action that these cowardly attacks will not be tolerated.”
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In response to the organization’s claims, a spokesperson for the Democratic Party of New Mexico told Fox News Digital that they condemn any actions taken against the GOP and hope whoever is responsible for the alleged attack is caught.
“The Democratic Party of New Mexico condemns any vandalism at the Republican Party of New Mexico headquarters as strongly as possible,” the statement read.
“We firmly maintain that this sort of act has absolutely no place in our Democracy, and that peaceful discourse and organization are the only ways to approach political differences in our country. We hope whoever is responsible is found and held accountable.”
Fox News Digital reached out to FBI Albuquerque for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, national crime cases, illegal immigration, and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
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A recall has been issued for a chicken salad sandwich containing undeclared milk that was mainly sold in vending machines in Georgia and South Carolina, while a separate recall was issued because of undeclared allergens in a Texas company’s brioche bread products.
Cromer Food Services (CFS), with headquarters in Anderson, South Carolina, announced the chicken salad sandwich recall several days ago, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The recall is for all lots of CFS’s Chicken Salad on White sandwich with UPC codes 31166 and 13172.
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These sandwiches were distributed between Dec. 26, 2024, and March 24, 2025.
They were sold primarily in micro-markets and vending machines in Georgia and South Carolina, according to the FDA recall notice.
The Chicken Salad on White sandwiches with the UPC codes of 31166 and 13172 has been recalled. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
The FDA notified CFS during a routine inspection last week that the label for the chicken salad sandwich “failed to include the ingredients for the bread, which contains the allergen milk.”
The use-by-date for the sandwich with the UPC code of 31166 was Jan. 3, 2025, while the use-by-date for the sandwich with the UPC code of 13172 is April 1, 2025.
No illnesses have been reported, according to the FDA.
Anyone who purchased these sandwiches is “urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund or they may discard the product.”
In a separate announcement, the Dallas-based Bakery Group last week issued a recall for hundreds of cases of brioche loaves and hamburger buns that may contain undeclared milk, soy and yellow dye No. 5.
The Bakery Group said 629 cases of the Dense Brioche Pullman loaves with the product code 654203 and 104 cases of Brioche HB Buns with the product code 54500 have been recalled.
The Bakery Group in Dallas issued a recall on hundreds of cases of brioche loaves and hamburger buns sold to Rodeo Goat Casa Linda stores and the Ben E. Keith Co. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
Both products were sold to the Ben E. Keith Co. in Fort Worth and Rodeo Goat Casa Linda stores in Dallas for wholesale distribution between Dec. 24, 2024, and March 12, 2025, according to the FDA’s recall notice.
The Bakery Group initiated a voluntary recall on March 25 after a routine inspection by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the FDA announced the recall three days later.
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People with an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy, wheat milk or yellow dye No. 5 “run the risk of possible serious allergic reaction” if they consume the products, according to the notice.
The Dense Brioche Pullman loaves are packaged seven in a case and the 4.5-inch Brioche HB Buns are packaged 48 in a case.
The FDA announced recalls of a South Carolina company’s chicken salad sandwich and a Texas company’s brioche bread products. (iStock)
The Bakery Group said the improper labeling “was caused by human error in our labeling and packaging department” and had been corrected as of March 19.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Bakery Group and CFS seeking comment on the recalls.
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