Southwest
Texas troopers catch smuggler who allegedly carried 5-year-old girl across border
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers arrested a man near the border in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday for his alleged involvement in smuggling a 5-year-old girl into the U.S. from Mexico.
Texas DPS said a trooper stopped a Dodge pickup truck in Del Rio after receiving information that a man was captured by border surveillance carrying a child across the Rio Grande.
Lt. Chris Olivarez, a spokesperson for Texas DPS, told Fox News that the 5-year-old girl who was carried across the border was loaded into another smuggler’s vehicle and driven to a hotel.
Troopers kept an eye on the pickup truck until they eventually pulled the truck over and conducted a traffic stop.
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A 5-year-old girl was seen being carried across the U.S.-Mexico border near Texas, before she was loaded into a truck and driven away by another smuggler, according to Texas DPS. (Texas DPS)
During the stop, troopers learned the 5-year-old girl was from Mexico and had just been smuggled into the U.S. The Trooper also matched the image of the girl in surveillance footage to the girl in the pickup truck.
While asking the girl questions in Spanish, he pointed out the youngster’s bow, which was also seen in the recorded footage.
The girl’s mother, Dolores Lopez, was also in the truck at the time of the traffic stop.
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Roman Ibarra Rojo of Mexico was arrested for his alleged involvement in smuggling a 5-year-old across the border. (Texas DPS)
Texas DPS said the mother is a temporary resident of North Carolina and is originally from Mexico.
Lopez told troopers she located a smuggling organization on the internet and agreed to have her daughter smuggled into the U.S. for $8,000.
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A 5-year-old girl was smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico after her mother allegedly paid $8,000 to a group she found online. (Texas DPS)
Troopers ultimately arrested the smuggler, who was identified as Roman Ibarra Rojo from Mexico. Rojo was charged with smuggling a person younger than 18 years old.
Texas DPS said Rojo confessed that he was going to be paid $1,000 to smuggle the 5-year-old girl into the U.S.
Olivarez said Rojo was previously arrested in 2022 for smuggling.
Lopez and her daughter were referred to the U.S. Border Patrol with the recommendation of charging the mother with endangering her child. It will be up to the district attorney to decide whether to prosecute the mother.
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A Compton family is mourning the loss of a 9-year-old boy whose loved ones say he was shot and killed on Saturday evening.
At a Sunday evening vigil, family members say Princeton Jones was playing outside his grandfather’s home located at the intersection of Haskins Avenue and Alondra Boulevard when he was shot around 7:40 p.m.
Details are limited, officials have not released or confirmed any information on the case, but the boy’s family says they are searching for answers as the investigation continues.
“We don’t know any information,” said Najee Ali, director of Project of Islamic Hope, at the Sunday evening vigil. “But what we do know, was that he was a 9-year-old innocent child who never should’ve been shot down in cold blood.”
Police did not immediately say if there were any leads on a suspect, a suspect vehicle, or whether this incident was believed to be gang-related.
“There used to be a time where women and children were off limits to murder and gang violence,” Ali told KTLA’s Carlos Saucedo. “Unfortunately, those days are long gone.”
Community members and Princeton’s family were rallying on Sunday night during the vigil, calling for an end to gun violence and saying no child should ever be a target.
“Born in 2015, Princeton was a truly special young man with a brilliant mind and a warm heart,” states the boy’s family members in a GoFundMe page description. “Diagnosed with mild autism at the age of 2, Princeton worked tirelessly with the loving support of his mother and began speaking fluently by the age of 5.”
Family members say they set up the GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses and to ensure that “Princeton is honored and remembered in a way that reflects the love and joy he brought into this world.”
For those looking to donate or share the page, click here to visit the family’s GoFundMe.
Officers are asking for the community’s help searching for a 68-year-old man with diagnosed dementia who was last seen Saturday afternoon in Signal Hill.
The Signal Hill Police Department describes William Harville as a Black man who stands 5 feet and 8 inches tall, weighs about 162 pounds, and has gray hair and blue eyes.
He was reportedly last seen around 2 p.m. with a known associate leaving the Courtyard Care Center Assisted Living facility located at 1880 Dawson Ave.
The department says Harville was wearing a brown beanie, a blue long-sleeve shirt, brown sweatpants and sunglasses.
Officers did not immediately provide any details as to how Harville went missing, or if the known associate provided any further information.
Police ask anyone who may have seen Harville or have any information regarding his whereabouts to call the Signal Hill Police Department at 562-989-7200.
Southwest
New wall construction at Texas border kicks off with family of slain Jocelyn Nungaray watching
Texas officials took another step Tuesday morning toward fulfilling their promise of continuing construction of the southern border wall, after purchasing a 1,400-acre ranch along the Rio Grande in a critical region identified by officials as a hotspot for human trafficking, as well as weapons and drug smuggling.
“It is my promise to all Texans that as land commissioner, I will do everything in my power to stop the pain and suffering that has been happening on this property,” Dawn Buckingham said during a press conference with other officials Tuesday. “The previous owner would not allow law enforcement on this ranch.”
Officials will construct another mile of the wall in the coming weeks, Buckingham said, as the first panel was installed Tuesday while the family of Jocelyn Nungaray, killed by suspected illegal immigrants, looked on.
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Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham and a ranch on the Rio Grande. (Texas General Land Office | Fox News Digital)
“Every day, it’s a struggle. Every day it’s hard. Some days are easier than others, but it never takes away the fact that she’s not here anymore due to the pain of people who were let in this country to do what they did to her,” Alexis – mother of Jocelyn – said during the news conference.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced in 2021 funding for a state project to continue construction of a wall after the Biden administration abruptly ended the Trump-era project. Abbott has also built a floating buoy barrier in the Rio Grande. His administration has linked the barriers, and a broader effort by the state, to a drop in apprehensions.
Buckingham said she has offered President-elect Trump and incoming border czar Tom Homan use of the 1,400-acre property “to construct a facility for the processing, detention and coordination efforts of what will be the largest deportation of violent criminals in our nation’s history.”
Homan and Abbott greeted and served meals to Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers in Eagle Pass, Texas, also on Tuesday.
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Drone footage of a ranch in Starr County. (Texas General Land Office)
Rep. Chip Roy, also in attendance, urged his fellow Republicans to pass stricter immigration policies once Trump takes office in January.
“No excuses,” he said.
“Americans are dying. That is why President Trump was swept into office. That is why Republicans were given the trifecta in Washington,” Roy added.
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Migrants at the southern border and President-elect Trump (Getty Images)
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