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Tragedy in San Benito: 17-year-old fatally shot

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Staff Report Just a week after being devastated by the shooting death of a 17-year-old, the local community is experiencing another similar tragedy. According to the Cameron County Sheriff’s office, Francisco Cortina, a 17-year-old SBHS senior, was fatally shot at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Monday night. Ramon Saldivar, 18, is in custody and being charged …

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AFRAID TO FISH? Residents candid on violence at rural fishing holes

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com RIO HONDO – In light of three recent carjackings and the murder of a United States Border Patrol agent at rural fishing holes near the Rio Hondo, Santa Monica and Arroyo City areas, some residents have raised concern for their overall safety. Gustavo Sandoval Tijerina, a Mexican national …

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Sanchez gets 20 years for bus driver’s death; victim’s sister reacts to sentence

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com With the bang of a gavel, the family of a San Benito Consolidated Independent School District bus driver killed last February received the closure they have long sought. Oralia Espinoza, 34, reacted Tuesday to the sentencing of Felipe Sanchez Jr., who pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter in the death …

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Garcia found not guilty in Marine’s death

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com BROWNSVILLE – A jury on Friday found Juan Carlos Garcia, the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed U.S. Marine Corps veteran Edoardo “Eddie” Polanco near Los Fresnos last year, not guilty of criminal negligent homicide, according to Public Information Officer Melissa Zamora of the Cameron County District …

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Sentencing set for intoxication manslaughter

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr., the driver of a vehicle involved in a February collision that left a San Benito CISD bus driver dead, will be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the incident. According to Melissa Zamora, Public Information Officer for the Cameron County District …

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Local veteran maintains roadside memorial where Marine was killed

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – Twenty-five year-old Marine Corps veteran Edoardo “Eddie” Polanco was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident on March 18, 2012, outside of Los Fresnos on State Hwy 100, where he was reportedly jogging in training for an upcoming marathon. Since then, a makeshift memorial was placed at …

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Guilty plea made in connection with bus driver’s death

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr., the driver of a vehicle involved in a February collision that left a San Benito CISD school bus driver dead, pled guilty Thursday to a charge in connection with the incident, the 107th State District Court confirmed Friday. Court officials could not, however, immediately verify the …

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Sanchez faces murder charge in bus driver’s death

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Charges against the driver of a vehicle which killed a San Benito CISD school bus driver have been upgraded to include murder. Felipe Sanchez Jr., 21, was initially charged with intoxication manslaughter for driving the vehicle that claimed the life of Juan Luis Espinoza in the early morning …

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Sanchez pleads not guilty in bus driver’s death

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr. plead not guilty Wednesday to intoxication manslaughter, a charge which stems from the death of a school bus driver who was killed while on his way to work in San Benito. At an arraignment hearing Wednesday in the 107th State District Court in Brownsville, Sanchez, 21, …

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